Undefeated is the Oscar-winning documentary directed by Daniel Lindsay and T.J. Martin, the latter of whom is a Seattle native and the first African American director ever to win an Oscar for a feature-length film. Chronicling a year in the life of a high-school football team—the Manassas Tigers of Memphis—Undefeated is a rousing sports saga rich with serious (and seriously damning) sociological underpinnings. Tonight’s 7 p.m. screening will be followed by a Q&A session with director T.J. Martin, led by The Stranger’s art critic Jen Graves. (Varsity Theatre, 4329 University Way NE, 781-5755, 7 pm, $10.50)
David Schmader—former weed columnist and Stranger associate editor—is the author of the solo plays Straight and Letter to Axl, which he’s performed in Seattle and across the US. His latest... More by David Schmader