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Streaming @ Relay

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Streaming @ Plex

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Streaming @ Fawesome

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Next Screening

Free: 3:30 p.m., April 3 (2024) at the New Orleans Jazz Museum.

Event listing: New Orleans Jazz Museum

Come join us as we celebrate Jude Acers’ 80th birthday (which is April 6).

Other News

“The Man in the Red Beret” wins C.O. AWARD for BEST IN CATEGORY — DOCUMENTARY FEATURE @ Prison City Film Festival (Huntsville, TX/March 2024)

“The Man in the Red Beret” wins BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE @ Abita Springs International Film Festival (January 2024).

And a special thank you to the Zeitgeist Theater & Lounge for a week of screenings in November/December 2023.

Derek Bridges on stage for a Q & A following the November 29 screening at Zeitgeist Theater & Lounge. In the foreground, Baylee Badawy and Jude Acers. Photo credit: Tami Hills

Press:

Listing at Rotten Tomatoes.

Review (8.5/10) by Film Threat: “Derek Bridges’ The Man in the Red Beret, at its simplest, is the remarkable life of a remarkable chess player. But beneath that, it’s the story of a man who, even in the midst of a tumultuous childhood, found the spark we all carry. Jude Acers doesn’t just show us the exquisiteness of the game of chess; in this movie, he shows us the gorgeousness of the world when you refuse to see it any other way but beautifully.”

Derek Bridges Interview: Filmmaking, “The Man in the Red Beret,” and Passion (WhoDatJedi Podcast)

Jude Acers: Chess master, living legend (Tulane Hullabaloo)

First Abita Springs International Film Festival a smash hit (Nola.com)

Documentary about French Quarter chess master Jude Acers premieres at Zeitgeist Theatre on Nov. 29 (Gambit)

Chess champ Jude Acers has been a French Quarter icon for 40 years (Nola.com)

TMP 251: JUDE ACERS, DEREK BRIDGES, & BAYLEE BADAWY: CHECK MATES (Troubled Men Podcast)

AUG. 9TH – FILMMAKER DEREK BRIDGES (THE MAN IN THE RED BERET) (WILDSOUND’S THE FILM PODCAST)