Films

Category: Films

1. Hollywood does History: SILKWOOD

   SILKWOOD (1983) Directed by Mike Nichols with Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell, Cher. Gripping true story of Karen Silkwood, an ordinary woman who is possibly murdered after  trying to expose unsafe practices at the nuclear plant where she worked. “…brilliant” — Boston Globe. $5 Suggested Donation

2. Howard Zinn film Biography

   You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train (2004) Documentary (78 min)    Directors: Deb Ellis, Denis Mueller The life and times of Howard Zinn: the historian, activist, and author of several classics including “A Peoples History of the United States”. Archival footage, and commentary by…

3. Fracking Ban – meeting & film!

   Meeting at 7pm ~  Film Screening at 8:30pm (74 min) Frack Action, Shaleshock CNY and New Yorkers Against Fracking are hosting an organizing meeting for a statewide ban followed by a special sneak peek screening of the new documentary, Dear Governor Cuomo! Watch the trailer…

4. Where Should the Birds Fly?

   A Film by Fida Qishta A young girl sits among the rubble of her family home. She talks of the many people she knows who have been killed. When asked if she lost many family members she says: “Not many. Just my mother, my father…

5. GREAT EXPECTATIONS (1946)

   GREAT EXPECTATIONS (1946) 118min with John Mills, Alec Guiness How did a humble orphan in Victorian London become a gentleman in society? Charles Dickens’ timeless tale of class and connivery – and fate — comes to exquisite life in this rarely seen screen classic. Directed…