Captain Phillips, starring Tom Hanks, is the feature film screening at the Library on Thursday night at 7pm. It's the true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years. Based upon the book … Continue reading Oscar nominated Captain Phillips screens at Free Movie Night at the Library, Feb 20
How could a recently orphaned, 10-year old homeless South African boy ever be called Lucky? Over the grave of his dead mother, Lucky makes a promise to make something of himself. Leaving the security of his remote Zulu village for the big city with the hope of going to school, he arrives on the doorstep … Continue reading Event: Film Club screens “Lucky” at the Library, April 18
The Pemberton Friends of the Library hosts another Film Club gathering on Thursday, January 17 2013, at the library. The film screens at 7pm. Attendees are invited to get together over dinner at Mile One beforehand. Shun Li works in a textile factory near Rome, slowly paying off the broker that brought her from China … Continue reading Film Club presents Shun Li and the Poet, Library, Jan 17
The Friends of the Library screen Found Memories at their next film night in the Pemberton & District Library. This is a free event. Like every morning, Madalena makes bread for Antonio's old coffee shop. Like every day, she crosses the railways where no trains have passed for years; she cleans up the gate of … Continue reading Event: Film Night at the Library, Thursday, Sept 20, 7pm
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