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Film Screening: The Public

with Director Emilio Estevez

Join writer/director Emilio Estevez for a special screening of his film "The Public." This event is now sold out. We will begin a standby line at 6pm. Ticketed attendees must be seated by 6:45pm.

This event is now sold out. We will begin a standby line at 6pm. Ticketed attendees must be seated by 6:45pm. We will begin seating standby guests at 6:45pm. 

The film will be followed by a Q&A with writer/director Emilio Estevez. This special screening of The Public is free, but tickets are required. Click here for tickets.

Please note: Doors to the auditorium open at 6pm. As we anticipate this being a well-attended event, ticketed attendees must be seated by 6:45pm. Your ticket will not guarantee you entry after 6:45pm. We will have a standby line for non-ticketed patrons and will begin seating them at 6:45pm. 

The Public trailer

About The Public

Also starring Alec Baldwin, Jena Malone, Christian Slater, and Michael K. Williams, this drama tackles some of our nation's most challenging issues, including homelessness and mental illness. In "The Public" an unusually bitter Arctic blast has made its way to downtown Cincinnati — and the Cincinnati Public Library. The story revolves around the library’s patrons, many of whom are homeless, mentally ill and marginalized, and their interactions with the exhausted and overwhelmed staff of librarians who have built emotional connections with them. 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. But what begins as an act of civil disobedience becomes a standoff with police fueled by a storm of media coverage outside the library.

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