FILM

Aurora Picture Show and Buffalo Bayou Partnership present Willie Nelson's 4th of July Celebration. Perhaps the third time is the charm? After two failed outdoor screenings due to weather conditions, Willie is moving indoors. Aurora Picture Show partners with the Buffalo Bayou Partnership, the Houston area Alamo Drafthouse Cinema and the Rolling Roadshow for this rare film screening. Friday, August 20, 7:30pm, at Alama Drafthouse Cinema (West Oaks Mall), 2700 Highway 6 South.

Willie Nelson's 4th of July Celebration flashes back to an open-air affair in College Station, Texas, in1974. This extremely rare documentary, available only on 35mm and never commercially released, was shot over the course of three summer days and nights at Willie Nelson’s 2nd annual 4th of July bash.

Drunken performers, crazy antics and heartbreakingly good music meld to create an incandescent record of a moment in American musical history—a moment that everyone knew was simply too good to last. Artists like Waylon Jennings, Wolfman Jack, Leon Russell, Ray Wylie Hubbard, and many more musicians appear as part of this Willie Nelson concert film.

Film print courtesy of American Genre Film Archives.