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The Public
September 11 - September 17
An unusually bitter Arctic blast has made its way to downtown Cincinnati. At odds with library officials over how to handle the extreme weather event, the patrons turn the building into a homeless shelter for the night by staging an “Occupy” sit in. What begins as an act of civil disobedience becomes a stand off with police and a rush-to-judgment media constantly speculating about what’s really happening. This David versus Goliath story tackles some of our nation’s most challenging issues, homelessness and mental illness and sets the drama inside one of the last bastions of democracy-in-action: your public library.
US/2019
Drama
122 minutes
English with Japanses subtitles
PG-13 (for thematic material, nudity, language, and some suggestive content)
Director: Emilio Estevez
Starring: Emilio Estevez, Jena Malone, Taylor Schilling, Alec Baldwin, Gabrielle Union, Christian Slater, Jeffrey Wright, Michael K. Williams, Che “Rhymefest” Smith and Jacob Vargas
Rated 65% on Rotten Tomatoes
Screentimes: 13:2O and 21:10