Summer Films 2009

at the Princeton Public Library

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June 10, 2009

7:00 p.m.

Life.Support.Music.

In 2004, Jason Crigler's life was taking off. He was one of New York's hottest young guitarists, his new CD was due for release and his wife, Monica, was pregnant with their first child. Then, at a gig in Manhattan, Jason suffered a near-fatal brain hemorrhage. His doctors doubted he would ever emerge from his near-vegetative state.

The astonishing journey that followed, documented by friend and filmmaker Eric Daniel Metzgar ("The Chances of the World Changing") is a stirring family saga and a portrait of creative struggle in the face of overwhelming tragedy.

“Life. Support. Music.” was a prize-winner at the Rome International Film Festival and the Aspen Film Festival. Metzgar’s most recent film, “Reporter,” follows Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nicholas Kristof through Congo, and it premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. He is now at work on a screenplay.

The screening will be followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Eric Daniel Metzgar (photo, right).

The screening is in advance of its broacast on PBS as part of the POV 2009 Season on Tuesday, July 7.

More info on the film.

June 29 , 2009

7:00 p.m.

Surviving Picasso

This 1996 Merchant/Ivory telling of the tempestuous affair between Pablo Picasso (Anthony Hopkins) and Francoise Gilot, the only one of his mistresses strong enough to stand up to his cruelty and move on with her life. Directed by James Ivory. 1996. Running time: 125 min.

Schedules:  July  |  August

Free admission.

All films are screened in the library's Community Room on the first floor.

65 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, NJ

For more info about these films and screenings please contact Susan Conlon at sconlon@princetonlibrary.org.

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