Tonight at 7 p.m., the Little will screen An Honest Liar (Tyler Measom, Justin Weinstein, U.S. / Spain / Italy / Canada 2014, 90 min.) followed by a Videconference Q&A with documentary subject James "The Amazing" Randi.

For the last half-century, James "The Amazing" Randi has entertained millions of people around the world with his remarkable feats of magic, escape and trickery. Schooled in the techniques of deception, Randi saw his beloved magician's tricks being used by faith healers, fortune-tellers, and psychics — not for entertainment, but to steal money from innocent people and destroy lives. Enraged by this, he dedicated his life to exposing those frauds, and would do so with the wit and style of the great showman that he is. A self-described liar, cheat, and charlatan, Randi embarked on a mission for truth by perpetrating a series of unparalleled investigations and elaborate hoaxes. These grand schemes fooled scientists, the media, and a gullible public, but always with a deeper goal of demonstrating the importance of evidence and the dangers of magical thinking. In one of these acts, he transformed his partner, Jose Alvarez, into a fake guru named "Carlos" to show how easily people can be fooled. His work exposing faith healers won him the prestigious Macarthur "Genius" Award in 1987.

[source: Little Theatre website, 2015-May-4]