This 1979 movie, follows a small-town boy obsessed with the Italian cycling team as he vies for the affections of a college girl. Rated PG. Tea and snacks provided.
Roger Ebert says, " 'Breaking Away' is a wonderfully sunny, funny, goofy, intelligent movie that makes you feel about as good as any movie in a long time."
Come watch the 1972 musical, Cabaret, at West Branch. A female girlie club entertainer in Weimar Republic era Berlin romances two men while the Nazi Party rises to power around them.
Snacks and tea will be provided.
Watch a film screening of Near Normal Man followed by a Q&A with Holocaust survior and social justice activist Ben Stern and Producer/Director Charlene Stern.
"Near Normal Man" is a half-hour documentary film, told in a first-hand account by Ben Stern, a Polish Jew, who survives 2 ghettos, 9 concentration camps and 2 death marches. The Nazis identify him as one of the dangerous Jews of the Warsaw Ghetto. He emerges alive, only to face the Nazis again - 30 years later, this time in Skokie, Illinois.
Wednesday, June 26, 5:30pm
Moonlight
R/2016/111 minutes
A young black man struggles to find his place in the world while growing up in a rough neighborhood of Miami.
Please call 510-981-6280 for more information about any of the films in this weekly series. Made possible by a generous donation from the Berkeley Friends of the Library. https://www.berkeleylibraryfriends.org/
Wednesday, June 19, 5:30pm
Saving Face
R/2004/97 minutes
Appealing tale of a lesbian who hides her sexuality from her mother. Michelle Krusiec, Joan Chen, Lynn Chen, Jin Wang.
Wednesday, June 12, 5:30pm
Pride
R/2014/120 minutes
U.K. gay activists work to assist miners during their extended strike of the National Union of Mineworkers in the summer of 1984.
Wed., June 5, 5:30pm Dykes, Camera, Action!
NR/2018/ 58 minutes
Lovers of lesbian film unite! Dykes, Camera, Action! examines queer women's cinema from the mid-20th century through today.
Rabbit-Proof Fence
2002/PG/94 minutes
Three Aborigine girls escape from an Australian internment camp. Everlyn Sampi stars in the heart –wrenching, fact-based drama.
Read the book and join us at the Claremont Branch for a screening of the movie it inspired! Space is limited, so make your reservation on Eventbrite soon. For more information, contact Michael at (510) 981-6280. Ages 9 -11 only.
What to read:
The BFG written by Roald Dahl
What we will watch:
The BFG directed by Steven Spielberg
Join us for a Star Wars themed Free Comic Book Day event with a screening of Lego Star Wars movies, making origami out of recycled comics, and Star Wars coloring sheets. And of course we will give away FREE comics for all ages - kids, teens and adults!