Film Screenings
The Defiant Ones
First Friday Film ClassicNominated for nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Sidney Poitier and Tony Curtis star in this gripping drama of two escapees from a chain gang who must overcome racial prejudice in their effort to get away. Betrayal or trust is a decision that must be made. 1958 B&W
Friday, November 2, 2018
12:00 pm
Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
Real Life, Reel Heroes Film SeriesThe Library again gives the big-screen treatment to four notable films recently released to video – from an explosion of superhero action to a television icon to a mutant-monster blockbuster.
SATURDAYS AT 1:30 P.M.
Stanley H. Durwood Film Vault
Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.
| November 3 | Hacksaw Ridge (2016; R) |
| November 10 | Dunkirk (2017; PG-13) |
| November 17 | Rescue Dawn (2006; PG-13) |
| November 24 | American Sniper (2015; R) |
Dawnland
Indie Lens Pop-UpThe marginalization of Native Americans wasn’t simply a crime of our country’s distant, unenlightened past. The documentary Dawnland chronicles the effort in one state, Maine, to come to terms with a practice that endured through most of the 20th century, when welfare workers removed Wabanaki children from their families and placed them in foster care – presuming that assimilation into white society would improve their quality of life and offer them a better future.
The Library and KCPT- Kansas City PBS screen the film as part of the Indie Lens Pop-Up community cinema initiative. Dawnland follows the work of Maine’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission, set up in 2012, in gathering stories from the state's indigenous people. A discussion follows the screening.
Co-presented by KCPT- Kansas City PBS.
Monday Matinee
Halloween HorrorMONDAYS at 1:00 PM
Stanley H. Durwood Film Vault Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.
October 8 A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984;R)
October 15 It (2017;R)
October 22 Creepshow (1982;R)
October 29 Get Out (2017; R)
We're No Angels
Comedy FridayStarring Humphrey Bogart, in a rare comedy, Peter Ustinov and Basil Rathbone. Three convicts on Devil's Island plot their escape only to end up hiding out with a kindly, but bumbling shopkeeper (Leo G. Carroll). A poisonous snake and three convicts on the run make for an interesting turn of events. 1955 Color
Friday, November 9, 2018
12:00 pm
Dunkirk (2017)
Real Life, Reel Heroes Film SeriesThe Library again gives the big-screen treatment to four notable films recently released to video – from an explosion of superhero action to a television icon to a mutant-monster blockbuster.
SATURDAYS AT 1:30 P.M.
Stanley H. Durwood Film Vault
Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.
| November 3 | Hacksaw Ridge (2016; R) |
| November 10 | Dunkirk (2017; PG-13) |
| November 17 | Rescue Dawn (2006; PG-13) |
| November 24 | American Sniper (2015; R) |
Moby Dick
Encore FridayThe classic tale, adapted from Herman Melville's book, is masterfully directed by John Houston and stars Gregory Peck as Captain Ahab, whose relentless search for the white whale that disfigured him imperils his ship and crew. This is a must see film. 1956 Color
Friday, November 16, 2018
12:00 pm
Rescue Dawn (2006)
Real Life, Reel Heroes Film SeriesThe Library again gives the big-screen treatment to four notable films recently released to video – from an explosion of superhero action to a television icon to a mutant-monster blockbuster.
SATURDAYS AT 1:30 P.M.
Stanley H. Durwood Film Vault
Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.
| November 3 | Hacksaw Ridge (2016; R) |
| November 10 | Dunkirk (2017; PG-13) |
| November 17 | Rescue Dawn (2006; PG-13) |
| November 24 | American Sniper (2015; R) |
Wednesday, November 21, 2018
1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Paths of Glory
Potpourri FridayStarring Kirk Douglas, this WWI film explores a disastrous suicide mission ordered by French generals. Colonel Dax (Douglas), a lawyer in civilian life, must defend three innocent soldiers whom the generals are using as scapegoats. Directed by Stanley Kubrick. 1957 B&W
Friday, November 23, 2018
12:00 pm