WEDNESDAY

and hosted online by “The (theroot.com), the film sequence will be followed by a Q&A session with Yellin, some of the original striking sanitation workers, family members and others. Bay Area band The California Honeydrops play Midtown’s Growlers on Wednesday night. The Oaklandbased combo — led by Polish émigré and multi-instrumentalist Lech Wierzynski — has created a fascinating blend of barrelhouse, jug band and R&B stylings across half a dozen albums and countless live concerts. Nashville singer-songwriter Emma Hern will open. Doors are at 8 p.m. Tickets $15. Available at ticketweb.com or at the door. In 2017, “Moonlight,” the second feature film from writer-director Barry Jenkins, was awarded the Oscar for Best Picture. Despite that success, Jenkins’ first feature remains relatively unknown: The 2008 movie’s title is “Medicine for Melancholy,” and it stars Wyatt Cenac and Tracey Heggins as twentysomething African-Americans on a cultural and romantic tour of selfdiscovery through gentrifying San Francisco. Pre-fame, Jenkins himself brought his first movie to Memphis in July 2009 for a screening and scriptwriting workshop sponsored in part by the Memphis & Shelby County Film and Television Commission; the movie returns to the big screen this week, in an event hosted by Indie Memphis. “Melancholy” will be preceded by “Bonfire,” a new short by one of Memphis’ more talented young filmmakers, Kevin Brooks.