Documentaries
Show time will generally be on Sundays at 4:30PM and will take place in the Main Auditorium. Ticket prices will be $8 adults / $6 seniors and students / $5 members and children.
Each month is programmed around a theme. Our upcoming themes are:
January: Best Doc Oscar Contenders
February: Oscar Winning Director Errol Morris
March: Local Filmmakers
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Click here to download an updated (1/6/12) pdf of our current program schedule.
Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles
Directed by John Foy. US. NR. 88 min. Argot Pictures. DVD.
- Sun, Mar 4, 4:30 pm
Q&A with director and Philly native John Foy immediately following the screening.
“Alien to the street yet embedded within it, easy to read but impossible to decipher, the Toynbee Tiles are an internationally enigmatic, handcrafted phenomenon. First discovered in the early 1980s, these crudely tiled signs have appeared in pavements all over the world, each uniquely made yet all expressing an identical message: More»
Mister Rogers & Me
Directed by Benjamin and Christofer Wagner. US. 2010. NR. 79 min. Wagner Bros. DVD.
- Sun, Mar 11, 4:30 pm
Q&A with filmmakers and former Berwyn residents Benjamin and Christofer Wagner immediately following the screening.
“Unlike almost everyone on TV who’s invented a persona, Mr. Rogers was the same person off screen. His life and his work touched children, politicians, celebrities and religious leaders. He did it in a way that was both humble and authentic. I learned this watching a profoundly moving film – “Mr Rogers and Me” by Benjamin and Christofer Wagner. I’ve known both Ben and Chris for more than ten years, and always thought of them as a rare combination of storytelling and creative talent. The film took me on a journey along with Benjamin, as he met, and was befriended by Fred Rogers when his he and his mother rented a summer house on Nantucket, next to Mr. Roger’s summer cottage. More»
The Art of the Steal
Directed by Don Argott. US. 2009. NR. 101 min. IFC Films. 35mm.
Sponsored by Miller DesignWorks
- Sun, Mar 18, 4:30 pm
“As a forward-thinking art collector in the 1920s, Dr. Albert Barnes snapped up an extraordinary wealth of post-impressionist and modernist paintings from the likes of Matisse, Picasso, Renoir, and Cezanne; though dismissed by tastemakers at the time, his collection is now valued in the tens of billions. In his will, Barnes was specific about what the trustees were to do with his assets: He wanted them to remain housed in his small, meticulously conceived institution in the Philadelphia suburb of Merion, never to be loaned out or sold to other museums. He wanted the Barnes trustees to continue his educational mission. And most of all, he wanted to make sure the corporate foundations and politicians in Philly didn’t get their grubby paws on it. More»