January 2022
Bright Lights Film Series: ‘C’mon C’mon’
Johnny is an emotionally stunted and soft spoken radio journalist who travels the country interviewing a variety of kids about their thoughts concerning their world and their future. Then Johnny’s…
Find out more »Bright Lights Film Series: ‘Fanny: Right to Rock’
In 1960s Sacramento, two Filipina-American sisters got together with other teenage girls to play music. Little did they know their garage band would evolve into the legendary rock group Fanny,…
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Bright Lights Film Series: ‘Lamb’
In rural Iceland, a childless couple discovers a strange and unnatural newborn in their sheep barn. They decide to raise her as their own, but sinister forces are determined to…
Find out more »Bright Lights Film Series: ‘The Wolf of Snow Hollow’
Directed by Jim Cummings, drama/ comedy, English, US, 83 minutes, 2020. Terror grips a small mountain town as bodies are discovered after each full moon. Losing sleep, raising a teenage…
Find out more »Bright Lights Film Series: ‘Bulletproof’
Bulletproof explores the complexities of violence in schools by looking at the strategies employed to prevent it. The film observes the longstanding rituals that take place in and around American…
Find out more »Bright Lights Film Series: ‘Spencer’
The marriage between Princess Diana and Prince Charles has long since grown cold. Though rumors of affairs and a divorce abound, peace is ordained for the Christmas festivities at the…
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Bright Lights Film Series: ‘The Faithful’
A Pope John Paul II lollipop. An Elvis Presley shower curtain. A Princess Diana teacup. These are just some of the countless pieces of memorabilia that these pop culture icons’…
Find out more »Bright Lights Film Series: ‘Tahara’
Carrie Lowstein and Hannah Rosen have been inseparable for as long as they can remember. When their former Hebrew school classmate, Samantha Goldstein, commits suicide, the two girls go to…
Find out more »Bright Lights Film Series: ‘Inhabitants: An Indigenous Perspective’
Inhabitants follows five Native American tribes across deserts, coastlines, forests, and prairies as they restore their traditional land management practices. For millennia, Native Americans successfully stewarded and shaped their landscapes,…
Find out more »Bright Lights Film Series Presents: Emerson Film Fest
Watch 10 short films by Emerson students, followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers, and an awards ceremony. Tickets available online starting at 12:00 pm March 30, and at the Paramount box office starting…
Find out more »April 2022
It’s All True Documentary Film Festival
Catch a screening of Enemies of the State, which follows a young man targeted by the U.S. government for possessing confidential documents alleging misconduct by the CIA, on April 5 at…
Find out more »It’s All True Documentary Film Festival
Catch a screening of Enemies of the State, which follows a young man targeted by the U.S. government for possessing confidential documents alleging misconduct by the CIA, on April 5 at…
Find out more »Bright Lights Film Series: ‘Golden Arm’
When her best friend, Danny, ropes her into taking her spot at the Women’s Arm-Wrestling Championship, Melanie, who is a baker, must trade whisks for barbells to compete against the…
Find out more »Bright Lights Film Series: ‘Rebel Dykes’
The story of a community of women in 1980s post-punk London who met doing art, music, politics, and sex, and how they went on to change their world by becoming…
Find out more »Bright Lights Film Series: ‘Flee’
Flee tells the story of Amin Nawabi as he grapples with a painful secret he has kept hidden for 20 years, one that threatens to derail the life he has…
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