World Theatrical Premiere of "Electric Church"!
Double-Bill of Prime Hendrix!
Tribute to Director Murray Lerner

Sunday August 26, 2018 - 7:30 pm
The Egyptian Theatre, Hollywood

ELECTRIC CHURCH - JIMI HENDRIX AT ATLANTA 1970

(2015, 80 mins, Experience Hendrix, Directed by John McDermott)

Jimi Hendrix: Electric Church presents the legendary guitarist in full flight at the 1970 Atlanta Pop Festival before the largest US audience of his career. This critically-acclaimed film combines color 16mm multi-camera footage of Hendrix's legendary July 4th 1970 concert in its original performance sequence together with new documentary content that traces his journey to the festival amidst the dark shadow of civil rights unrest, the unrelenting toll of the Vietnam War and a burgeoning festival culture that drew together young people across the country who had been inspired by the Woodstock festival. The film details Hendrix's integral role in drawing nearly 500,000 people to his Electric Church - a dusty, scorching hot pecan orchard in Byron, Georgia some 100 miles south of Atlanta. Together with Experience drummer Mitch Mitchell and bassist Billy Cox, Hendrix performed hits such as "Purple Haze," "All Along The Watchtower," and "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" alongside new songs such as "Freedom" and "Straight Ahead" that had not yet been released. The concert was filmed but the footage was not developed or used at the time. Rediscovered decades later it was carefully restored from the original negative in high definition. The audio soundtrack was mixed by longtime Hendrix engineer Eddie Kramer directly from the original master tapes.

BLUE WILD ANGEL - JIMI HENDRIX AT THE ISLE OF WIGHT 1970

(2002, 75 mins, MLF/Experience Hendrix/Sony, Directed by Murray Lerner)

Three years after his historic US breakthrough appearance at the 1967 Monterey Festival, and one year after his triumphant performance at 1969's Woodstock Festival Jimi Hendrix was booked as one of the headline acts at the 1970 Isle Of Wight Festival. It turned out to be his last-ever major performance because he died just 18 days later. Murray Lerner captured him in full-flight. This film features digitally-restored picture and audio mixed by Hendrix engineer Eddie Kramer.

A CONVERSATION WITH MURRAY LERNER

(2002, 10 mins, MLF/Experience Hendrix/Sony, Directed by John McDermott)

John McDermott turned the spotlight on film director Murray Lerner and interviewed him about his work with Jimi Hendrix and the filming of the 1970 Isle of Wight Festival.

Today's Stars!

Musicians:

Billy Cox • Jimi Hendrix • Mitch Mitchell

On-Screen Participants:

Murray Lerner