The Little will screen In the Heat of the Night (Norman Jewison, U.S. 1967, 109 min.) as part of the Sidney Poitier Festival followed by a discussion with film critic Jack Garner. Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier) is … Continue reading
Penfield Public Library will screen Stir Crazy (Sidney Poitier, U.S. 1980, 107 min.) This zany comedy, directed by Sidney Poitier and written by Bruce Jay Friedman, stars Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor as two zany drifters mistakenly sent to prison … Continue reading
The Cinema will screen The Birth of a Nation (Nate Parker, U.S. 2016, 120 min.) "Nat Turner, a literate slave and preacher in the antebellum South, orchestrates an uprising."
The Cinema will screen Queen of Katwe (Mira Nair, U.S. 2016, 124 min.) "A Ugandan girl sees her world rapidly change after being introduced to the game of chess."
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The City's Bureau of Architecture and Engineering will hold the second in a series of public information meetings to discuss concepts for revitalizing one of Rochester's premier downtown waterfront sites, known as the Charles Carroll Plaza. Key attributes of this … Continue reading
The Dryden Theatre will host a Wish You Were Here lecture with Elena Dorfman discussing The Reconstructed Landscape. In recent years, Los Angeles-based photographer Elena Dorfman has shifted her lens from portraits of subcultures to contemplative American landscapes. Her labor-intensive … Continue reading
The Rochester Police Department will hold public forums to discuss the state of police-community relations as part of Mayor Lovely A. Warren's 90 Days of Community Engagement Initiative.
The Little Theatre will screen The Last Laugh (Ferne Pearlstein, USA 2016, Documentary Feature Film, 85 min.) as part of the High Falls Film Festival followed by a Q&A with director Ferne Pearlstein. The Last Laugh is a feature documentary … Continue reading
The High Falls Film Festival has partnered with Kodak to present the Shorts Shot on Film program. Shorts submitted to this year's festival, which were created using film, were entered into consideration for the second annual KODAK Vision Award, which … Continue reading
The Cinema will screen The Birth of a Nation (Nate Parker, U.S. 2016, 120 min.) "Nat Turner, a literate slave and preacher in the antebellum South, orchestrates an uprising."
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The Dryden will screen Peeping Tom (Michael Powell, U.K. 1960, 101 min., 35mm) as part of the (In)visibility series. Viewed as reprehensible in its day (while Psycho, released in the U.K. the same year, enjoyed widespread acclaim), this psychological thriller … Continue reading