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DOCUMENTARIES AT THE WALTER READE IN OCTOBERDOCUMENTARIES AT THE WALTER READE IN OCTOBERDOCUMENTARIES AT THE WALTER READE

We have two special evenings of documentary screenings: HARLAN COUNTY, USA and the Indie Night presentation of MONUMENTAL.

HARLAN COUNTY, USA | Oct 21 at 6:00 pm
Special program to benefit the Women's Film Preservation Fund

Barbara Kopple's Academy Award'winning Harlan County, USA premiered at the NYFF in 1976. Following a strike by 180 Kentucky miners and their families, the film is one of the great chronicles of labor struggle.

MONUMENTAL: David Brower's Fight for Wild America | Oct 28 at 6:30 pm
Kelly Duane, 2003; 78m
With wonderful footage from as far back as the 30s, Monumental documents the golden age of American environmentalism, when the charismatic and enigmatic David Brower transformed the Sierra Club from a regional hiking club into a national political force.

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Posted on September 29, 2004 in General News by