Eastern Movie Matinee: “Black History Month”

Swing by the Eastern Branch as we celebrate Black History Month as part of our Thursday Movie Matinees!

Join us for some great films all month long. Widescreen, comfortable seats and popcorn, too! Thursday afternoons starting at 2 p.m. Movie synopses from imdb.com.

Selma (2014)

February 28: Selma (2014, PG-13) starring David Oyelowo, Carmen Ejogo, and Tim Roth

A chronicle of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s campaign to secure equal voting rights via an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, in 1965.

Eastern Movie Matinee: “Black History Month”

Swing by the Eastern Branch as we celebrate Black History Month as part of our Thursday Movie Matinees!

Join us for some great films all month long. Widescreen, comfortable seats and popcorn, too! Thursday afternoons starting at 2 p.m. Movie synopses from imdb.com.

David Oyelowo, Lupita Nyong'o, and Madina Nalwanga in Queen of Katwe (2016)

February 7: Queen of Katwe (2016, PG) starring Madina Nalwanga, David Oyelowo, and Lupita Nyong’o

A Ugandan girl sees her world rapidly change after being introduced to the game of chess.

Eastern Movie Matinee: “Black History Month”

Swing by the Eastern Branch as we celebrate Black History Month as part of our Thursday Movie Matinees!

Join us for some great films all month long. Widescreen, comfortable seats and popcorn, too! Thursday afternoons starting at 2 p.m. Movie synopses from imdb.com.

Denzel Washington in Malcolm X (1992)

February 14: Malcolm X (1992, PG-13) starring Denzel Washington, Angela Bassett, and Delroy Lindo

Biographical epic of the controversial and influential Black Nationalist leader, from his early life and career as a small-time gangster, to his ministry as a member of the Nation of Islam.

Eastern Movie Matinee: “Black History Month”

Swing by the Eastern Branch as we celebrate Black History Month as part of our Thursday Movie Matinees!

Join us for some great films all month long. Widescreen, comfortable seats and popcorn, too! Thursday afternoons starting at 2 p.m. Movie synopses from imdb.com.

Denzel Washington and Viola Davis in Fences (2016)

February 21: Fences (2016, PG-13) starring Denzel Washington, Viola Davis, and Stephen McKinley Henderson

A working-class African-American father tries to raise his family in the 1950s while coming to terms with the events of his life.