Fall 2019 Film Program PRESENTED BY DATA-MAIL, INC. AND THE MANDELL FAMILY

October 4 – December 29 Aetna Theater Food, Film, and Culture! Afrocosmologies Films Wadsworth Atheneum Greek Film Festival Trip Films exploring themes found in Afrocosmologies are screened throughout Museum of Art October 28–November 8 Join curator of film and theater Debbie Gaudet on a Greek the run of the exhibition. A Black Film Weekend celebrating the cinematic adventure. Spend time in Athens, at the Thessaloniki Film storytelling traditions of the African diaspora takes place October 25–27. * HARTFORD PREMIERE Festival, and on the island of Mykonos for an unforgettable 11-day group trip. Museum visits, city tours, some meals at # Filmmakers, actors, and producers are present to share their new work. TOUR OR TALK traditional Greek tavernas, airfare within Greece, a VIP pass to the 60th Thessaloniki International Film Festival, and Film titles and dates are subject to change. 4-star or 5-star hotel stays are included in this once-in-a- Please visit thewadsworth.org for an updated listing. lifetime excursion. Black Film Weekend €2,750 per person, double room. €785 single supplement. Film Admission # Airfare to and from Greece is not included. Travelers must Sprinter * Reggae Boyz * Adults: $10 • Seniors (62+) and students (18+ w/ school ID): $9 be Film Stars to participate in the trip. For more information, Opening Night • Friday, October 25 Sunday, October 27; 2pm Members: $8 • Film Stars: Free contact Debbie: [email protected]. 6pm: Cash Bar • 7pm: Film Screening Director Till Schauder and producer Sara Nodjoumi will be present for RSVP by October 1. 9pm: Reception with director Storm Saulter and actor the screening. Preceded at 1:15pm by a tour of Afrocosmologies. Free Dale Elliott. with film admission. 22nd Annual Manhattan Short Film Festival * Friday, October 4; 7pm Nutcracker Suite and Spicy: Saturday & Sunday, October 5 & 6; 2pm Ten Years * Friday, December 13; 6pm Cash Bar; 7pm Film

This riveting film tells of a Jamaican teenage sprinter who struggles Plagued with one of the highest murder rates in the world, Jamaica to find himself while grappling with the fact that his mother left home tries to inspire its people by qualifying their national soccer team— and migrated to the US to help support the family. Left behind are his the “Reggae Boyz”—for the 2014 World Cup. When their efforts start alcoholic father and a brother who once was a champion runner, but to fall short, a colorful German coach enters the scene and forms an who has since turned to crime as a way to make a living. unlikely alliance with legendary reggae musicians and a Rastafarian factory worker to unite Jamaica beyond the soccer pitch. Film and Reception: $28; $25 members. Purchase online at During one week of the year, over 100,000 film lovers gather in over thewadsworth.org. Free for Film Stars. Regular film admission 2019. Germany. 75 min. Not Rated. Directed by Till Schauder. 350 cinemas across six continents to view and vote on their short film applies if attending film only. favorites. Don’t miss the fun! 143 min. This documentary follows the evolution of the creative process To Sleep with Anger surrounding Nutcracker Suite and Spicy from its genesis to its 10th 2018. Jamaica/US. 114 min. Not Rated. Subtitles. Directed by Storm Saulter. Starring , David Alan Grier, Dale Elliott. year on the Wadsworth theater’s stage and examines the cultural Sunday, October 27; 4pm relevance of rebooting the holiday classic for a contemporary # audience. Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am Art & Film Saturday, October 26; 4pm Don’t miss the live performances of Nutcracker Suite and Spicy on Munch in Hell (Munch i helvete) * # December 20, 21, & 22 Filmmaker Timothy Greenfield-Sanders will be present for the screening. Preceded at 3:15pm by a tour of Afrocosmologies. Free with Saturday & Sunday, October 12 & 13; 2pm film admission. Preceded each day by a 1:15pm focus tour of Munch’s works Landscape at Hvitsten and Aasgaardstrand. Holiday Comedy Classics Free Screenings!

Remember the Night Sunday, December 15; 2pm The life of a middle-class family in Los Angeles is disrupted by the arrival of an old friend—played by Danny Glover—from back South. Initially a charming reminder of their past, the visitor soon overstays his welcome and becomes increasingly sinister as the strained household tries to cope.

1990. US. 102 min. Rated PG. Directed by Charles Burnett. Starring Danny Glover, Paul Butler, DeVaughn Nixon.

This artful and intimate meditation on the legendary storyteller Toni Morrison examines her life, her works, and the powerful themes she Despite the fact that his work The Scream has become one of the confronted throughout her literary career. most iconic images of world art, the artist Edvard Munch still suffers 2019. US. 120 min. Rated PG-13. Directed by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders. from a lack of appreciation in his home country of Norway. Munch Starring Toni Morrison, Oprah Winfrey, Angela Davis. left extensive notes, letters, literary works, and even drafts for an autobiography, all of which give insight into his private thoughts and reactions to the public scandals and bureaucratic harassments he Moved to pity by the Christmas season, a New York district attorney suffered. This documentary allows the painter to tell his own story and lets a shoplifter out on bail and offers her a ride home to Indiana. If Beale Street Could Talk # Soul Food reveals another side of his life and character–he was witty, practical, Complications ensue along the way. and determined. Saturday, November 9; 2pm Saturday, November 23 1940. USA. 94 min. Not Rated. Directed by Mitchell Leisen. Starring Barbara Stanwyck, Fred 3:15pm: Tour of the exhibition Afrocosmologies 2018. Norway. 72 min. Not Rated. Subtitles. Directed by Stig Anderson. MacMurray. Preceded at 1:15pm by a tour of Afrocosmologies. Free with film admission. 4pm: Film Screening • 6pm: Dinner in Morgan Great Hall Meredith Monk Film Retrospective Christmas in Connecticut prepared in consultation with a special guest chef Tuesday, November 12; 5pm–10pm Sunday, December 29; 2pm Free.

In this screen adaptation of James Baldwin’s novel Beale Street, a young woman embraces her pregnancy while she and her family set Matriarch Mama Joe has held her family together for 40 years around out to prove her childhood friend and lover innocent of a crime he a Sunday dinner of soul food. When she is hospitalized, the dinners A food writer who has lied about being the perfect housewife must try didn’t commit. stop and tensions among her three daughters start to break the to cover her deception when her boss and a returning war hero invite The Wadsworth and The Hartt School present a film retrospective in 2018. US. 119 min. Rated R. Directed by Barry Jenkins. Starring KiKi Layne, Stephan James, family apart. Mama Joe’s grandson plots to reunite the family. celebration of Meredith Monk’s legendary artistic life. A guest speaker themselves to her home for a traditional family Christmas. . Tour, Film, and Dinner: $69; $65 members. Advance reservations introduces Monk’s film oeuvre before the screenings. Free. Related 1945. USA. 101 min. Not Rated. Directed by Peter Godfrey. Starring Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet. required. Purchase at thewadsworth.org. Admission to film only: $10; events take place on the University of Hartford campus throughout the $9 seniors and students w/ID; $8 members. month. Visit www.hartford.edu/hartt for more information. 1997. USA. 115 min. Rated R. Directed by George Tillman Jr. Starring , Vivica A. Fox, Nia Long.