{"id":39113,"date":"2019-10-26T14:26:11","date_gmt":"2019-10-26T19:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/?p=39113"},"modified":"2019-10-28T15:58:11","modified_gmt":"2019-10-28T20:58:11","slug":"closing-night-world-premiere-of-the-torch-buddy-guy-documentary-at-amc-river-east-theaters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/?p=39113","title":{"rendered":"Closing Night: World Premiere of &#8216;The Torch&#8217; Buddy Guy Documentary at AMC River East Theaters"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"event-film-credits\">\n<p><label class=\"event-cat\">EVENT RECEPTION\/ SCREENING\/ SPECIAL EVENT<\/label><\/p>\n<h1>The Torch<\/h1>\n<ul class=\"event-film-credits--details\">\n<li><label>DIRECTOR<\/label>\u00a0\u00a0Jim Farrell<\/li>\n<li><label>COUNTRY<\/label>\u00a0\u00a0United States<\/li>\n<li><label>CATEGORY<\/label>\u00a0\u00a0City &amp; State, Closing Night, Documentary<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"event-content\">\n<div class=\"film-synopsis\">\n<h2>Synopsis<\/h2>\n<p>At 83, Chicago legend Buddy Guy remains the standard bearer for the blues, an icon determined to see the art form live on long after he\u2019s gone. Enter guitar phenom Quinn Sullivan, who has been mentored by Guy since he was a kid. This stirring documentary, amplified by electrifying musical performances, charts the guidance Guy himself received from the likes of Muddy Waters and Howlin\u2019 Wolf while observing the Grammy\u00ae-winner passing his wisdom to the next generation.<\/p>\n<p><em>Film Courtesy of IFC Films<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagofilmfestival.com\/film\/the-torch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Learn more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"event-specialguests\">\n<h2>Special Guests<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Scheduled to attend:<\/strong> Director Jim Farrell, Producer Amy Briamonte, and subjects Quinn Sullivan and Buddy Guy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Ticket and aftershow event:<a href=\"https:\/\/tickets.vendini.com\/ticket-software.html?t=tix&amp;e=89570db83a16cfc1e36379f7e8c3825b&amp;vqitq=90fd6860-90d0-482d-855b-ac45b910927d&amp;vqitp=21e9f6d9-9e96-4d41-b968-219e7c98b92e&amp;vqitts=1572204192&amp;vqitc=vendini&amp;vqite=itl&amp;vqitrt=Safetynet&amp;vqith=506ce9155eb875ebba13a0e7b1706181\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> click here<\/a>.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EVENT RECEPTION\/ SCREENING\/ SPECIAL EVENT The Torch DIRECTOR\u00a0\u00a0Jim Farrell COUNTRY\u00a0\u00a0United States CATEGORY\u00a0\u00a0City &amp; State, Closing Night, Documentary Synopsis At 83, Chicago legend Buddy Guy remains the standard bearer for the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39114,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,41,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music-news","category-features","category-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=39113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39113\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/39114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}