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A Pr Il M Ay Ju 251 Glen Street, Glens Falls, NY 12801 Leave No Trace I Am Not a Witch Far From the Tree A father and daughter risk everything 9 year old orphan Shula is accused of This film is an intimate look at the lives to go back to living in the wild and off being a witch and is exiled to a witch and challenges of families raising children camp. Will she accept her fate? outside of societal norms. 2 the grid. 7 4 Charm City Can You Ever Black Maria Film Baltimore is a city racked with violence Forgive Me? The story of + Video Festival over three years, yet its brave citizens try a curmudgeonly biographer who falls out Featuring documentary, experimental, 9 to reclaim their city's future. 14 of favor and turns to deception to survive. 11 animation and narrative works. Puzzle The Old Man and The Green Book Agnes' new found hobby gives her the MAY the Gun Based on the true African American pianist Don Shirley and strength and confidence to open doors story of 70 year old San Quentin escapee JUNE his bodyguard Tony Lip confront racism and assert her independence. and bond as they tour the South in 1962. 16 21 Forrest Tucker and his string of heists. 18 APRIL BlacKkKlansman The Hate U Give Hearts Beat Loud The true story of Ron Stallworth, the first After witnessing the murder of her best An aging hipster dad has trouble letting African American detective in Colorado friend by a police officer, Starr Carter go of his rocker dreams and his daughter, 23 Springs, who took on the Ku Klux Klan. 28 must find her voice to do what's right. 25 as she prepares to venture off to college. On the Basis of Sex Films are shown in the Christine L. McDonald Community Room, Wheelchair access at the Glen Street Listening assistive devices supplied A young Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a young Lower Level, Glen Street Entrance. For more information, please entrance. Handicapped parking is in upon request. mother and attorney, faces adversity and call Crandall Public Library at 792-6508, ext. 3 or visit our website front of the Library on Glen Street. 30 obstacles in her fight for equal rights. at: www.crandalllibrary.org. Love our films? Let everyone know: 2019 Academy Award Winner for Best Adapted (USA, 2018, 108 min., color, DVD, NR) Screenplay (USA, 2018, 109 min., color, DCP, PG) (USA, 2018, 103 min., color, DVD, R) (USA, 2018, 136 min., color, DVD, R) Starring Thomasin McKenzie and Ben Foster Filmed during three years of unparalleled violence in Baltimore, Charm City delivers Starring Kelly Macdonald and Irrfan Kahn John David Washington and Adam Driver Will (Ben Foster) and his teenage daughter, a powerfully candid portrait of those on the After years of concerning herself exclusively Tom (Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie), have From visionary filmmaker Spike Lee comes front lines. With grit, fury, and compassion, a with the needs and wants of her family, lived off the grid for years in the forests of the incredible true story of an American group of police, citizens, community leaders Agnes has found something that she wants Portland, Oregon. When their idyllic life is hero. It’s the early 1970s, and Ron Stallworth and government officials grapple with the to do after receiving a puzzle as a gift. Agnes shattered, both are put into social services. (John David Washington) is the first African- consequences of violence and try to reclaim meets Robert, a wealthy, reclusive inventor After clashing with their new surroundings, American detective to serve in the Colorado their city’s future. – PBS.org who immediately recognizes her talent and Will and Tom set off on a harrowing journey Springs Police Department. Determined to recruits her as his partner for an upcom- back to their wild homeland. – Official Site “The film captures up close the way violence make a name for himself, Stallworth bravely transforms neighborhoods and families with an ing world jigsaw tournament. Each day sets out on a dangerous mission: infiltrate “Occasionally uplifting and sometimes heart- immediacy that transcends headlines or sensa- she spends out in the world, puzzling and and expose the Ku Klux Klan. The young breaking, it is nothing less than sublime.” James tionalism.” – Ben Kenigsberg, New York Times, conversing with Robert, takes Agnes further detective soon recruits a more seasoned Berardinelli, ReelViews, 6/23/2018 10/16/2018 along on the road to a new understand- colleague, Flip Zimmerman (Adam Driver), Tuesday, April 2, 2:30 & 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 9, 2:30 & 6:30 p.m. ing of herself and her strengths. With that into the undercover investigation of a lifetime. understanding come new insights and an Together, they team up to take down the assertiveness that finds her speaking out on extremist hate group as the organization aims (USA, 2019, 120 min., color, DVD, PG-13) her own behalf and pushing back against the to sanitize its violent rhetoric to appeal to the Starring Felicity Jones and Armie Hammer assumptions and routines that have until now mainstream. – Rottentomatoes.com defined her role in her family. – Official Site On the Basis of Sex is inspired by the true “For all its revelations of racist rot at the core story of a young Ruth Bader Ginsburg – “Turtletaub’s direction and the trio of ace of American society, Lee also offers a clear, then a struggling attorney and new mother performances make “Puzzle” feel relatable and specific, and wondrous, if wary, view of change – who faces adversity and numerous real; it’s one of those movies where everything that’s possible because, at one time and to obstacles in her fight for equal rights truly comes together.” –Adam Graham, Detroit some extent, it actually happened.” – Richard throughout her career. News, 8/24/2018 Brody, New Yorker, 8/13/2018 When Ruth takes on a groundbreaking tax Tuesday, April 16, 2:30 & 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 23, 2:30 & 6:30 p.m. case with her husband, attorney Martin Ginsburg, she knows it could change the These programs are made direction of her career and the way the courts view gender discrimination. The film also chronicles the storybook-like romance between possible in part by the Ruth and Marty, a partnership that succeeded both personally and professionally. – Official Site Electronic Media and Film “A rather broad biopic, but it beautifully argues the importance of Ginsburg’s work - prior to the Su- preme Court - and is a lovely tribute to the woman who would become the Notorious RBG.” – Katie Program of the New York Walsh, Tribune News Service, 12/28/2018 State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Tuesday, April 30, 2:30 & 6:30 p.m. Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. (USA, 2018, 93 min., color, DVD, NR, Subtitled) Maggie Mulubwa and Henry Phiri When 9-year old orphan Shula is accused of witchcraft, she is exiled to a witch camp run by Mr. Banda, a corrupt and inept government (USA, 2018, 132 min., color, DCP, PG-13) official. Tied to the ground by a white ribbon, Amandla Stenberg and Regina Hall Shula is told that she will turn into a goat if she tries to escape. As the only child witch, Starr Carter is constantly switching between Shula quickly becomes a local star and the (USA, 2018, 93 min., color, DCP, PG-13) two worlds: the poor, mostly black, neighbor- adults around her exploit her supposed pow- Robert Redford and Sissy Spacek hood where she lives and the rich, mostly (USA, 2018, 106 min., color, DCP, R) ers for financial gain. Soon she is forced to The Old Man and the Gun is based on the white, prep school she attends. The uneasy make a difficult decision – whether to resign Melissa McCarthy and Richard E. Grant true story of Forrest Tucker (Robert Redford), balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her herself to life in the camp, or take a risk for The true story of bestselling celebrity biogra- from his audacious escape from San Quentin childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a freedom – Official Site pher (and friend to cats) Lee Israel (Melissa at the age of 70 to an unprecedented string police officer. Now, facing pressures from all McCarthy), who made her living in the 1970s of heists that confounded authorities and “Even if writer-director Rungano Nyoni’s film sides of the community, Starr must find her were a lesser achievement - less unsettlingly and ‘80s profiling the likes of Katherine enchanted the public. Wrapped up in the voice and stand up for what’s right. – complicated, less bitterly funny, less bluntly Hepburn, Tallulah Bankhead, Estee Lauder pursuit are detective John Hunt (Casey Criterion Pictures sad - it would still have the witch truck, one of and journalist Dorothy Kilgallen. When Lee is Affleck), who becomes captivated with the great cinematic images of this or any other no longer able to get published because she Forrest’s commitment to his craft, and a Based on the critically acclaimed New York year.” – Matthew Lickona, San Diego Reader, has fallen out of step with current tastes, she woman (Sissy Spacek), who loves him in Times best seller by Angie Thomas. 9/28/2018 turns her art form to deception, abetted by spite of his chosen profession. Tuesday, May 7, 2:30 & 6:30 p.m. her loyal friend Jack. – Criterion Pictures – Rottentomatoes.com “Tillman has an excellent touch for the quietly impactful scenes with Starr and her family, as “It’s been a while since I’ve enjoyed spending “If this is truly Robert Redford’s final perfor- well as the news footage-style depictions of so much time with someone so unpleasant.” – mance, he’s going out with an exclamation marches and protests that go sideways...” – Ty Burr, Boston Globe, 11/1/2018 point.” – Mara Reinstein, Us Weekly, 10/22/2018 Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-Times, 10/12/2018 Tuesday, May 14, 2:30 & 6:30 p.m.
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