What if you could take all the best parts of 1980s cinema—Battle of the Bands showdowns, workout/training montages set to an inspirational pop song, choreographed gang fights, Taekwondo throwdowns with evil, cocaine-pedaling ninjas—and destill it down to a thick syrup? That sweet, sweet elixir is
Miami Connection. This gem was recently rediscovered when a curator for the famed Alamo Drafthouse Theater stumbled upon an Ebay auction selling off the 35mm reels. Zack Carlson plunked down the $50, screened it during the cinema's Weird Wednesday, and he (and the audience) was tickled by this low-budget, high-energy romp, that he's set out to revive the lost film—restoring the print and hitting the road, taking it on a national tour.
International Youth Silent Film Festival
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