Join producer Dennis Scholl and director & artists Willie Clark and Helene Smith at a special screening of Deep City Sunday, Feb 8 at the Miami Beach Cinemetheque. Tickets are just $5 – click here to get yours.

About Deep City This one-hour original WLRN Public Televison proudction, produced by local filmmakers Marlon Johnson, Chad Tingle and Dennis Scholl, tells the story of how two musical geniuses created the first black-owned record label in Florida and changed the face of soul music in Miami forever. During the mid-1960s two musical geniuses Willie Clarke and Johnny Pearsall created the record label called Deep City Records. Both from the streets of Miami, Clarke and Pearsall honed their business and musical skills learned in college. From the back room of Johnny’s Record Store located in Overtown, they went on to change the sound of soul music in Miami and eventually the country. Deep City Records brought local talent to the forefront, including singers Helene Smith and Betty Wright, groups such as Frank Williams & the Rocketeers and Johnny Killens & The Dynamites, guitarist/singer legend Willie “Little Beaver” Hale and Willie Clarke’s songwriting partner and singer Clarence “Blowfly” Reid. “Deep City” delves into the life and times of these groundbreaking producers, their label, the artists they spawned and the remarkable era in which they accomplished it.