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And the Winner Is...

Award-Winning Documentary Film Series

2025-01-22 18:00:00 2025-01-22 20:00:00 America/New_York And the Winner Is... A month-long celebration of award-winning, must-see documentaries. Somerville branch - Program Room

Wednesday, January 22
6:00pm - 8:00pm

Add to Calendar 2025-01-22 18:00:00 2025-01-22 20:00:00 America/New_York And the Winner Is... A month-long celebration of award-winning, must-see documentaries. Somerville branch - Program Room

Somerville branch

Program Room

A month-long celebration of award-winning, must-see documentaries.

No registration. Admission will be first come, first served.

January 8: Gather, 2020, 1hr 14min, NR

Follow the stories of natives on the frontlines of a growing movement to reconnect with spiritual and cultural identities that were devastated by genocide. An indigenous chef embarks on a ambitious project to reclaim ancient food ways on the Apache reservation; in South Dakota a gifted Lakota high school student, raised on a buffalo ranch, is proving her tribes native wisdom through her passion for science; and a group of young men of the Yurok tribe in Northern California are struggling to keep their culture alive and rehabilitate the habitat of their sacred salmon. All these stories combine to show how the reclaiming and recovery of ancient food ways is a way forward for native Americans to bring back health and vitality to their people.

January 15: At the Drive-In: Saving the The Mahoning Drive-in Theater 2017, 1hr 19min, NR

Unable to purchase a $50,000 digital projector, a group of quirky film fanatics in rural Pennsylvania fight to keep a dying drive-in theater alive by screening only vintage 35mm film prints and working entirely for free. AT THE DRIVE-IN is the award winning underdog story about The Mahoning Drive-in Theater. Winner of Best Local Feature at the Philadelphia Film Festival.

January 22: Dig! 2004, 1hr 47min, R
A documentary on the once-promising American rock bands The Brian Jonestown Massacre and The Dandy Warhols, and the friendship/rivalry between their respective founders, Anton Newcombe and Courtney Taylor. Winner of Documentary Grand Jury Prize at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival. 

January 29: Dior and I: Inside the World of the Christian Dior Fashion House, 2015, 1hr 29min, R
This beautiful documentary brings the viewer inside the storied world of the Christian Dior fashion house with a privileged, behind-the-scenes look at the creation of Raf Simons' first haute couture collection as its new artistic director-a true labor of love created by a dedicated group of collaborators. Winner of the Documentary Special Jury Award at the Seattle International Film Festival. Nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the Tribeca Film Festival.

AGE GROUP: | Adult |

EVENT TYPE: | Film | Arts & Culture |

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Somerville branch

somerville@sclibnj.org
Phone: 908-458-8445

Hours
We're closed Monday January 20 due to Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Mon, Jan 20 Closed
(Martin Luther King Jr. Day)
Tue, Jan 21 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Wed, Jan 22 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Thu, Jan 23 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Fri, Jan 24 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Sat, Jan 25 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Sun, Jan 26 Closed

Upcoming events

Wed, Jan 22, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Program Room

Sat, Jan 25, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Program Room

Tue, Jan 28, 10:30am - 11:30am
Program Room

Tue, Jan 28, 12:00pm - 2:00pm
Program Room

Wed, Jan 29, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Program Room

Fri, Jan 31, 10:30am - 11:30am

Tue, Feb 04, 10:30am - 11:30am
Program Room

Thu, Feb 06, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Program Room

Sat, Feb 08, 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Program Room

Mon, Feb 10, 10:30am - 11:30am
Program Room

Tue, Feb 11, 10:30am - 11:30am
Program Room

Tue, Feb 11, 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Children's Room

Thu, Feb 13, 12:45pm - 1:45pm
Program Room

Sat, Feb 15, 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Program Room

Tue, Feb 18, 10:30am - 11:30am
Program Room

Wed, Feb 19, 4:00pm - 7:00pm
Main Reading Room