Wednesday Signature Series

Our special Wednesday night Signature Series has returned!!

Held only at the Avalon, the Wednesday Signature Series is a group of rotating programs that showcase unique films from around the world. Screenings are held on Wednesday evenings at 8:00pm in our historic downstairs theater.

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Upcoming Films

No Other Land
( nr ) 92 min
in Arabic, Hebrew, English with English subtitles
Avalon Docs

For half a decade, Basel Adra, a Palestinian activist, films his community of Masafer Yatta being destroyed by Israel’s occupation, as he builds an unlikely alliance with an Israeli journalist who wants to join his fight.

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Becoming Led Zeppelin
( pg-13 ) 122 min
in English
Programmer's Choice

Powered by awe-inspiring, psychedelic, never-before-seen footage, performances, and music, Bernard the film explores the origins of this iconic group and their meteoric rise in just one year against all the odds.

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The Count of Monte Cristo
( nr ) 178 min
in French with English subtitles
French Cinémathèque

The target of a sinister plot, young Edmond Dantès is arrested on his wedding day for a crime he did not commit. After 14 years at an island prison he manages a daring escape. Now rich beyond his dreams, he assumes the identity of the Count of Monte Cristo and exacts his revenge on the three men who betrayed him.

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Ain’t No Back to a Merry-Go-Round
( nr ) 89 min
in English
Film In Focus

Five Black students rode a segregated carousel in 1960, igniting one of the earliest organized interracial civil rights protest in US history. AIN’T NO BACK TO A MERRY-GO- ROUND is the untold story of the Jews they marched with, Nazis they provoked, Congressmen they inspired, and Civil Rights leaders they became.

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Showing Today at the Theater Fri, Apr 4

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Admission: $15.00 Adults, $11.50 Matinee Bargain Shows, $11.75 Seniors (62+), $10.00 Child (12 & under), Student and Military, $10.50 Avalon Members, $9.50 Seniors who are Avalon Members.
Same rates apply to Wednesday Signature Series and Science on Screen programs unless otherwise noted. Weekend Family Matinees, Exhibition on Screen, NT Live and Special Event ticket prices vary; senior discounts may not be available for these programs.

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