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Silkwood
(1983) Directed by Mike Nichols
Sunday - April 13 - 6:30 p.m.
Meryl Streep plays Karen Silkwood, an Oklahoma woman who
discovers a corporate cover-up of radiation leaks in the pluto-
nium processing plant where she works. On her way to a meet-
ing with the New York Times to go public with the information
about the leak, she is involved in a mysterious car crash.
Was this accidental or was foul-play involved to squelch her
whistle-blower efforts? Under the direction of Mike Nichols,
Streep's Karen Silkwood is a flawed, very human, working-
class woman who gradually transforms into a union activist
determined to make a difference. (35mm. 131 min. Rated R.)
August: Osage County
(2013)
Directed by John Wells
Tuesday - April 15 - 7:00 p.m.
August: Osage County tells the dark, hilarious, and deeply
touching story of the strong-willed women of the Weston
family, whose lives have diverged until a family crisis brings
them back to the Midwest house they grew up in, and to the
dysfunctional woman (played by Meryl Streep) who raised
them. The stage play made its Broadway debut in December
2007 after premiering at Chicago's legendary Steppenwolf
Theatre earlier that year and continued with a successful
international run. The film's ensemble cast includes Meryl
Streep, Julia Roberts, Chris Cooper, Ewan McGregor, Sam
Shepard, Beverly Weston, Dermot Mulroney, Juliette Lewis,
and Benedict Cumberbatch. (2K DCP. 121 min. Not Rated.)
The Iron Lady
(2012)
Directed by Phyllida Lloyd
Monday - April 7 - 7:00 p.m.
This surprising and intimate portrait of Margaret
Thatcher (Meryl Streep), the first and only female
Prime Minister of The United Kingdom, earned Streep
her third Academy Award. One of the 20th century's
most famous and influential women, Thatcher came
from nowhere to smash through barriers of gender
and class to be heard in a male-dominated world.
(2K DCP. 105 min. Rated PG-13.)
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