Join us for a facilitated conversation about race and its impact on all of us. Each two-hour conversation is unique, and everyone can participate in discussing questions including how segregated is my life?; in what surroundings am I most aware … Continue reading
The Cinema will screen Son of Saul (László Nemes, Hungary 2015, 107 min.) "In the horror of 1944 Auschwitz, a prisoner forced to burn the corpses of his own people finds moral survival upon trying to salvage from the flames … Continue reading
David Rovics grew up in a family of classical musicians in Wilton, Connecticut, and became a fan of populist regimes early on. By the early 90's he was a full-time busker in the Boston subways and by the mid-90's he … Continue reading
The Dryden will screen The Conversation (Francis Ford Coppola, U.S. 1974, 112 min., 35mm). The quintessential study of Watergate-era paranoia, Coppola's small-scale follow-up to his Godfather triumphs is one of his tightest and most effective films. Gene Hackman gives a … Continue reading
Sharky has been away a long time, and he says he's come home to take care of his newly blind brother. It's Christmas Eve so naturally there's a card game on — but for Sharky, the stakes are really, really … Continue reading
The Cinema will screen Race (Stephen Hopkins, France / Germany / Canada 2016, 134 min.) "Jesse Owens' quest to become the greatest track and field athlete in history thrusts him onto the world stage of the 1936 Olympics, where he … Continue reading