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2015 AmDocs Festival Sneak Peek
Monday, March 23, 7 – 8:30 p.m.
A special treat awaits, with a sneak
peek at four terrific short films that
will be included in the American
Documentary Film Festival on March
26-30.
“Learning to Float” by Brendan
Calder – 20 mins.
“The Last Barn Dance” by Jason
Arthurs, Ted Richardson – 31 mins.
“Syria Not Anymore: A Story
of Revolution” by Matthew Van
Dyke – 15 mins.
“Sophia” by Lukas Dong – 10 mins.
AmDocs Presents The Best of
the Fest
Tuesday, March 31, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
The Library continues its partnership
with the American Documentary Film
Festival, hosting the “Best of the Fest”
the day after the Festival concludes.
We screen a number of popular
Festival films from animation to shorts
to features, and the Library shares
with our patrons works from around
the world.
Stacy Davies Presents
Desperate Dames of the 1950s
During the Cold War, American society
put tremendous pressure on women
to embrace the roles of dutiful wives
and nurturing mothers...but Hollywood
produced some films that offered a
few more possibilities besides hearth
and home! Join film critic and historian
Stacy Davies
as she presents three
films that challenge the traditional
model of 1950s femininity.
Caged (1950)
Monday, March 2, 1 – 3:30 p.m.
Starring Eleanor Parker and
Agnes Moorehead
No Man of Her Own (1950)
Monday, March 9, 1 – 3:30 p.m.
Starring Barbara Stanwyck and
John Lund
Niagara (1953)
Monday, March 16, 1 – 3:30 p.m.
Starring Marilyn Monroe and
Joseph Cotten
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Presented by the Rancho Mirage Public Library Foundation