The Dryden will screen Stephen King's Dollar Babies, Program 1 featuring:

• Harvey's Dream (Jainardhan Sathyan, U.S. 2016, 10 min.)
• Dedication (Tyna Ezenma, U.S. 2017, 19 min.)
• Rest Stop (Paul Mortsolf, U.S. 2019, 14 min.)
• Into the Night (Walter Perez, U.S. 2019, 33 min.)
• Rainy Season (Vanessa Ionta Wright, U.S. 2017, 21 min.)
• A Very Tight Place (Stephen Tramontana, U.S. 2019, 21 min.)

"After the program, directors Walter Perez and Stephen Tramontana will take the stage for a Q&A about their films."

Unnerving, disturbing tales are Stephen King's specialty, as evidenced by these six films adapted from his short stories (see October 31 for a second program of Dollar Babies). An aging husband's neurological decline may or may not reveal and unthinkable tragedy; a maid visits a priestess, who has some unusual advice about her unborn son and the author staying at her hotel; an author must decide how much he relates to the characters he's created; a snowy crash in Jerusalem's Lot causes trouble for a couple of nearby townsfolk; a young couple ignores warnings to leave their summer cottage; and a man's plan for revenge hits a roadblock when he's locked in a portable toilet.

[source: George Eastman Museum website, 2019-Oct-14]