Event Category: Film Screening

A disillusioned Englishman went to work in a school in Argentina in 1976. Expecting an easy ride, he discovers a divided nation and a class of unteachable students. However, after he rescues a penguin from an oil-slicked beach, his life is turned upside-down.

(2025) 110 minutes, PG-13. Comedy, Drama. Showing at 6 p.m. on Monday, June 23rd in the Library’s Meeting Room. Shown with captions.

When a young woman is killed by a shark while skinny-dipping near the New England tourist town of Amity Island, police chief Martin Brody wants to close the beaches, but mayor Larry Vaughn overrules him, fearing that the loss of tourist revenue will cripple the town.

Ichthyologist Matt Hooper and grizzled ship captain Quint offer to help Brody capture the killer beast, and the trio engage in an epic battle of man versus nature.

(1975) 124 minutes, PG. Thriller, Horror, Adventure. Showing at 6 p.m. on Monday, June 30th in the Library’s Meeting Room. Shown with captions.

Lily Trevino longs for a familial connection, having been abandoned by her mother as a child and then by her father, Bob, in her twenties. On Facebook, she reaches out to a Bob Trevino, who works long hours alone at a construction company to support his wife Jeanie’s scrapbooking habit. Lily and Bob’s blossoming friendship becomes a vital source of connection and healing in both their lives. Bob’s small acts of fatherly kindness fill a familial void in Lily’s life and hold the power to change her direction forever. In their own ways, these two must both learn they are worthy of extraordinary love exemplified through small acts of kindness.

The film is inspired by the true friendship that writer/director Tracie Laymon found with a stranger when searching for her father online.

(2025) 102 minutes, PG-13. Comedy, Drama. Showing at 6 p.m. on Monday, July 7th in the Library’s Meeting Room. Shown with captions.

In postwar Rome, a working-class woman dreams of a better future for herself and her daughter while facing abuse at the hands of her domineering husband. When a mysterious letter arrives, she discovers the courage to change the circumstances of her life.

An Italian box office phenomenon and winner of six Italian Academy Awards. Shown in the original Italian with English captions.

(2025) 118 minutes, PG-13. Comedy, Drama, War. Showing at 6 p.m. on Monday, July 14th in the Library’s Meeting Room. An Italian-language film, shown with English captions.

Based on the events of the Apollo 13 lunar mission, the film tells the story of astronauts Jim Lovell, Fred Haise and Jack Swigert, who find everything going according to plan after launch on April 11, 1970. However, when an oxygen tank explodes, the scheduled moon landing is called off. Subsequent tensions within the crew and numerous technical problems threaten both the astronauts’ survival and their safe return to Earth.

(1995) 140 minutes, PG. History, Drama. Showing at 6 p.m. on Monday, July 21st in the Library’s Meeting Room.