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4 Friday, August 25, 2000 Gimme Shelter' Finds Home in Durham By Russ Lane Assistant Arts & Entertainment Editor The film “Gimme Shelter” docu ments the final leg of the Rolling Stones’ 1969 tour, ending with audience mem ber Meredith Parker’s death at the hands of Hell’s Angels at California’s Altamont Speedway. Tonight, Durham’s Carolina Theatre presents a remastered version of “Gimme Shelter,” beginning its weeklong celebra tion for the film’s 30th anniversary. The film boasts remastered sound, negatives and additional scenes origi nally cut to give the film a PG rating in 1970, which will provide a treat for fans, Enjoy what’s left of summer on oar patio! 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Franklin St., CB #3142 Chapel Hill, N.C., 27599 (919) 843-7568 E-mail: cps@unc.edu said Alexandra Parker, head of distrib ution at Maysle Films. “The sound is so great, that’s one of the best parts of the rerelease,” she said. “I wanted to give something back to the film that I’ve loved for ages." To some, the chances of the Carolina Theatre showing the film might seem like an long-shot opportunity since the film opened in New York Aug. 11 to a sold-out crowd. But Director of Programming Jim Carl said the theater’s programmers were asked to show the film, an offer they enthusiastically accepted. “‘Gimme Shelter’ is one of the most famous rock musicals put to film,” he said. “I think the only films that com pare are Pink Floyd’s ‘The Wall’ and The Beades’ ‘Hard Days Night.’" Charlotte Zwerin, who co-directed the film with documentary pioneers Albert and David Maysle, said she struc tured the film to be more than a concert film, turning the film footage into a story capturing the tour’s chaos and bringing the film to a climax with Parker’s death. “That’s the reason you see Charlie Watts at the beginning of the film listen ing to (Hell’s Angel and Altamont secu rity guard) Sonny Barten,” she said. “You need to know that incident from the beginning.” Both Watts and Mickjagger’s reac Carrboro to Host World Music Concert Saturday's World Music Extravaganza will feature 15 performers and benefit a Chapel Hill-based label. By Ashley Atkinson Arts & Entertainment Editor Carrboro might seem an unlikely place for a gathering of some of the most talented world musicians from across the globe. But when the Chapel Hill-based record label Music of the World pre sents a benefit World Music Extravaganza on Saturday, the Arts Center will play host to 15 artists from Africa, India, Europe, the Middle UCiS University Center for International Studies NEW ASIAN LANGUAGE CLASSES ASIA 199-005: Elementary Bengali: MWF 1:0O-l :50 p.m. ASIA 199-001 : Elementary Indonesian/Malay: MWF 11:0O-l 1:50 ASIA 199-006: Elementary Tamil: MWF 3:00-3:50 p.m. No prerequisites. Fulfills GC Foreign Language perspective. For more information, please contact the Curriculum in Asian Studies, 962-4294. 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Even so, Haddad stressed that tradi tional music is the source of all other forms of music popular today. “Traditional African music turns into gospel; from there it goes into blues, then to R&B, then to rock and jazz,” he said. “So for someone who says, ‘Oh, African music, that’s ethnic,’ that’s like saying rock and roll is ethnic.” And music continues to grow and share influences across cultures, he said, “so if people are open-minded and eager to learn about how it has pro gressed through chronology and given birth to different genres,” they should come to the performance. Traditional musicians will include Persian setar player Sheil Zolfonun, Cambodian musician Sam-Ang Sam, Indian drummer Manik Munde and Bulgarian gaida player Gyorgi Doichev. Musicians performing contemporary world music include master percussion | Suffering from Empty } Pocket Syndrome? Participate in our life-saving & financially (J rewarding plasma donation program. 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The Music of the World catalog, which includes the Nomad and Latitudes sublabels in addi tion to its over 80 titles, will be rere leased under license to other labels. 1 “Music is the commonality between different cultures,” Haddad said. “The closer we get to each other, the smaller the world becomes and the more culture, we share. The closer we get to a com mon culture, the closer we are, if you want to take the humanitarian angle, to world peace.” Tickets are $22 for students. Any seats remaining 45 minutes beforehand will be available to students for $5. A reception with the artists will follow. The Arts 3 Entertainment Editor can be reached at artsdesk@unc.edu.