Where:
Emerson College Paramount Center
559 Washington Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02111
Admission:
FREE
Categories:
< 21, Art, Date Idea, Festivals & Fairs, Film, Innovation, Kid Friendly, LGBT, Lectures & Conferences, Meetup, Music, Performing Arts, Social Good, Tech, University
Event website:
web.emerson.edu/brightlights
Thursday, February 8 - Loving Vincent
Directed by Dorota Kobiela and Hugh Welchman, animation/drama, 94 minutes, UK/Poland, 2017.
Tuesday, February 13 - The Blind Boys of Alabama: How Sweet the Sound
Directed by Leslie McCleave, documentary, 89 minutes, USA, 2016, English with subtitles
Thursday, February 15 - Heroin(e) - 5PM
Directed by Elaine McMillian Sheldon, documentary, 39 minutes, USA, 2017. Discussion led by director to follow via Skype.
Tuesday, February 20 - The Killing of a Sacred Deer
Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, drama/thriller, 121 minutes, UK/USA/Ireland, 2017
Thursday, February 22 - The Florida Project
Directed by Sean Beaker, drama, 111 minutes, USA, 2017.
Tuesday, February 27 - Free in Deed
Directed by Jake Mahaffy, drama, 100 minutes, USA, 2017.
Thursday, March 1 - Lady Bird
Directed by Greta Gerwig, drama/comedy, 94 minutes, USA, 2017
(Co-Sponsored by the MIT Women Take The Reel Series)
Tuesday, March 13 - Matters of Life and Death
Short films by Robert Todd. Live discussion with filmmaker to follow.
Thursday, March 15 - In the Hills and Hollows
Directed by Keely Kernan, documentary, 77 minutes, USA, 2016. Live discussion with director to follow!
(Co-Sponsored by the MIT Women Take The Reel Series)
Tuesday, March 20 - Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart
Directed by Tracy Heather Strain, documentary, 118 minutes, USA, 2017.
(Co-Sponsored by Wicked Queer and the MIT Women Take The Reel Series)
Thursday, March 22 - Unrest
Directed by Jennifer Brea, documentary, 98 minutes, USA, 2017.
(Co-presented with the ReelAbilites Film Festival and MIT Women Take the Reel Series)
Tuesday, March 27 - Barracuda
Directed by Julia Halpern and Jason Cortlund, drama, 100 minutes, USA, 2017.
(Co-Sponsored by the Independent Film Festival of Boston and MIT Women Take the Reel Series)
Live Discussion with Director to follow.
Thursday, March 29 - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Directed by Martin McDonagh, drama, 115 minutes, USA, 2017.
Tuesday, April 3 - Professor Martson and the Wonder Women
Directed by Angela Robinson, drama, 108 minutes, USA, 2017.
(Co-presented as part of the Wicked Queer: Boston LGBT Film Festival)
Thursday, April 5 - BPM (Beats per Minute)
Directed by Robin Campillo, drama, 140 minutes, France, 2017, French with English subtitles.
(Co-presented as part of the Wicked Queer: Boston LGBT Film Festival)
Tuesday, April 10 - I, Tonya
Directed by Craig Gillespie, comedy/drama, 119 minutes, USA, 2017.
Thursday, April 12 - The Disaster Artist
Directed by James Franco, comedy, 104 minutes, USA, 2017.