Sunday Happenings

Still from Chop Shop courtesy HFA.

Extra Golden takes a couple of Kenyan pop musicians and a pair of longtime American indie rockers, shakes well, and the result sounds like the Allman Brothers' African auxiliary. With the Needy Visions. Middle East Upstairs, 472 Mass. Ave., Cambridge, 9 p.m. $12.

Bloco Afrobrazil is a hometown fusion outfit that mixes samba with funk, jazz, and hip hop into a fizzy instant dance party. Johnny D's Uptown, 17 Holland St., Somerville, 9:30 p.m.

Movies

Ramin Bahrani is an American filmmaker whose parents were Iranian immigrants. Bahrani's films, realist portrayals of the socially marginal and psychologically down-trodden, have excited the sorts of critics who believe that independent American cinema has become moribund. Bahrani's features Man Push Cart (2005) and Chop Shop (2007), both about the underground economies of New York City, screen today, and the director will be on hand to discuss them. Harvard Film Archive, Carpenter Center, 24 Quincy St., Cambridge, 7 p.m. $10.

It's Easter Sunday, which means that a large percentage of Hub moviegoers will be celebrating the life of one special man. Brian of Nazareth, naturally. The Life of Brian (1979) screens throughout the day at the Brattle. Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle St., Cambridge. Tickets and more information.