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Join fellow movie lovers for five stunning films and popcorn at Claremont Branch Library. This month's movies celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage month. Wednesdays in May at 5:30pm. 

Let's talk about movies! Join us for a screening of To Be Takei (2014).

Join friends for a screening of Kinky Boots!

A struggling shoe factory owner forms an unconventional partnership with a drag queen to save the business. They achieve personal fulfillment and financial success by collaborating on a glamorous line of thigh-high boots.

Otto, a solitary grump (played by Tom Hanks) spends his days critiquing others and sharing unsolicited opinions. When a lively family moves into the house next door, his outlook and negativity are challenged and his world expands. Marc Forster directs the comedy-drama based on the best-selling novel by Fredrik Backman.   

Nobleman, military man, and poet Cyrano de Bergerac dazzles whether with ferocious wordplay at a verbal joust or with brilliant swordplay in a duel. Convinced that his appearance renders him unworthy of the love of Roxanne, Cyrano agrees to ghostwrite love letters to her from another man.  The film stars Peter Dinklage who garnered praise and award nominations for his portrayal of the title role.

Musical adaptation of Alice Walker's novel about the trials of an African American woman living in the south during the early 1900s. Celie faces many hardships in her life, but ultimately finds remarkable strength and hope in the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood.

The film stars Taraji P. Henson, Danielle Brooks, Colman Domingo, Corey Hawkins, H.E.R., Halle Bailey, Phylicia Pearl Mpasi and Fantasia Barrino in her film debut. Producer Oprah Winfrey said of the film : “To reinvent the movie at this time is to reinvent a phenomenon”.  Blitz Bazawule directs.

A fantasy musical film following the early years of Willy Wonka, the famous but eccentric chocolatier of Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Rated PG.

Let's talk about movies! Join us for a screening of The Last Black Man in San Francisco (2019, R), directed by Joe Talbot and starring Jimmie Fails. 

Jimmie and his best friend Mont try to reclaim the house built by Jimmie's grandfather, launching them on a poignant odyssey that connects them to their past, even as it tests their friendship and sense of belonging in the place they call home.

Let's talk about movies! Join us for a screening Past Lives (2023, PG-13). 

Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, get separated after her family emigrates from South Korea. Two decades later, they reunite in New York City for one fateful week as they confront notions of destiny, love and life choices.

"A remarkable debut for writer-director Celine Song, Past Lives uses the bonds between its sensitively sketched central characters to support trenchant observations on the human condition."

We'll screen the four great movies this March to celebrate Women's History Month at Claremont Branch Library. Please call 510-981-6280 for more information.

Wed., March 6, 2024, 5:30pm.  Joan Baez: I Am a Noise (NR) 2024
A revealing portrait of the legendary folk singer and activist that plumbs tour footage, home movies, and diaries, to share her triumphs and struggles.