2023
PG-13
140 minutes
Tuesday, April 9
2:00 to 4:30 PM
Registration required as space is limited
NOTE: This is not the original 1985 film.
A decades-spanning tale of love and resilience and of one woman’s journey to freedom. Celie faces many hardships in her life, but ultimately finds remarkable strength and hope in the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood. Alice Walker won the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for the 1982 novel this new musical adaptation is based on.
Cyrano
2021
PG-13
2 hour 4 minutes
Tuesday, June 14
2:00 to 4:30 PM
Registration required as space is limited
Nobleman, military man, and poet Cyrano de Bergerac is secretly in love with Roxanne. However, his insecurity over his dwarf stature prevents him from professing his love, especially when Roxanne confesses that she’s interested in Christian, a recruit. Elated that Roxanne would like a guy like him, Christian feels anxious about speaking to her. Cyrano agrees to ghostwrite love letters for him.
Maxwell Matinees is the library’s film series featuring a full-length feature on the second Tuesday of every month. All movies are free and open to the public.