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Film Night at the Mary Pickford Theater: Thursday, December 20

Posted by: Amanda Jenkins

Thursday, December 20th, 2018, at 7:00 p.m. Every month, films from the Library’s collection are shown at the Mary Pickford Theater in the James Madison building, ranging from titles newly preserved by the National Audio Visual Conservation Center film lab, classics from the National Film Registry, and lesser known titles worthy of discovery. This month …

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Film Night at the Mary Pickford Theater: Wednesday, November 28

Posted by: Amanda Jenkins

Wednesday, November 28th, 2018, at 7:00 p.m. Every month, films from the Library’s collection are shown at the Mary Pickford Theater in the James Madison building, ranging from titles newly preserved by the National Audio Visual Conservation Center film lab, classics from the National Film Registry, and lesser known titles worthy of discovery. NATIONAL FILM …

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Native American Heritage on Film

Posted by: Amanda Jenkins

November marks Native American Heritage Month – a time to celebrate the rich cultures and traditions of indigenous American peoples as well as to raise awareness of the unique challenges Native Americans face and have faced for hundreds of years. The moving image materials preserved and housed in the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center of the …

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Veterans and The Road Back at the Mary Pickford Theater: Saturday, November 10

Posted by: Amanda Jenkins

Screened in conjunction with The Road Back: Veterans and Literary Writing Symposium on veterans’ “road back,” focusing on the use of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction as a means of healing from the trauma of war, and presented by the Library’s Poetry and Literature Center, Veterans History Project, and Exhibits Office, the Mary Pickford Theater …

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Film Night at the Mary Pickford Theater: Thursday, November 8

Posted by: Amanda Jenkins

Thursday, November 8th, 2018, at 7:00 p.m. Every month, films from the Library’s collection are shown at the Mary Pickford Theater in the James Madison building, ranging from titles newly preserved by the National Audio Visual Conservation Center film lab, classics from the National Film Registry, and lesser known titles worthy of discovery. NATIONAL FILM …

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Frankenstein at the Mary Pickford Theater: Friday, October 26

Posted by: Amanda Jenkins

Friday, October 26th, 2018, at 7:00 p.m. Every month, films from the Library’s collection are shown at the Mary Pickford Theater in the James Madison building, ranging from titles newly preserved by the National Audio Visual Conservation Center film lab, classics from the National Film Registry, and lesser known titles worthy of discovery. On Friday, …

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Film Night at the Mary Pickford Theater: Thursday, October 18

Posted by: Amanda Jenkins

Thursday, October 18th, 2018, at 7:00 p.m. Every month, films from the Library’s collection are shown at the Mary Pickford Theater in the James Madison building, ranging from titles newly preserved by the National Audio Visual Conservation Center film lab, classics from the National Film Registry, and lesser known titles worthy of discovery. This month …

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Kluge Center and MBRS Present Hospital (1970) at the Pickford Theater: Thursday, October 4

Posted by: Amanda Jenkins

Thursday, October 4th, 2018, at 7:00 p.m. The John W. Kluge Center and the Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division at the Library of Congress present a screening of Hospital (1970), preceded by a Q&A with Alan Gevinson, Kluge Staff Fellow 2018, and Kluge Center Director John Haskell. HOSPITAL (Osti Films / Zipporah Films, 1970). …