All film genres for all walks of life! Beginning in January and continuing into the foreseeable future: Saturday morning film screenings! 

If you're seeking a reliable weekend get-away, if you want to share in a passive amusement with the community, if you need to feast your eyes on another world, please join us in the Forbes Library Community Room for a film. All shows start at 11.

Funeral Parade of Roses (1969)
1hr 45min

Director Toshio Matsumoto’s shattering, kaleidoscopic masterpiece is one of the most subversive and intoxicating films of the late 1960s: a headlong dive into a dazzling, unseen Tokyo night-world of drag queen bars and fabulous divas, fueled by booze, drugs, fuzz guitars, performance art and black mascara.

This winter and spring, join us for monthly documentary screenings at Forbes! These films are presented through the Indie Lens Pop-Up program. This month: The Inquisitor (1hr), plus an optional discussion afterward.

About the film: Explore the life and legacy of Barbara Jordan in The Inquisitor. Jordan was a groundbreaking Texas congresswoman whose sharp intellect and moral clarity transformed U.S. politics. From Nixon’s impeachment to civil rights battles, her voice demanded accountability, while she privately faced struggles few ever knew of.

Filmmakers: Angela Tucker (director/producer), Trevite Willis (producer), and Moira Griffin (producer)

Missed this screening? The Inquisitor premieres on Independent Lens on February 23. Watch on the PBS YouTube channel and PBS app starting at noon ET.

About Indie Lens Pop-Up: For more than 20 years, the award-winning Indie Lens Pop-Up program has partnered with local organizations across the country to bring people together for film screenings and community-driven conversations. Inspired by the documentaries featured on PBS’ Independent Lens, Indie Lens Pop-Up events strengthen community connections and provide free, public spaces for everyone to meet, talk, and take action.

Far Out Film Discussion functions like a book club - watch the film on your own and gather on the first and third Wednesdays to discuss.

We will meet in the Community room on Wednesday February 18th at 6:30 to talk about the 2018 thriller/black comedy film Under the Silver Lake directed by David Robert Mitchell.

We will have copies of the DVD in the arts and music department on the second floor a week before the meeting.

The film can also be streamed on Kanopy.org using your Forbes Library or Boston Public Library: https://www.kanopy.com/en/boston/video/5836408

All film genres for all walks of life! Beginning in January and continuing into the foreseeable future: Saturday morning film screenings! 

If you're seeking a reliable weekend get-away, if you want to share in a passive amusement with the community, if you need to feast your eyes on another world, please join us in the Forbes Library Community Room for a film. All shows start at 11.

Shinjuku Boys (1995)
53min

This film introduces three onnabes who work as hosts at the New Marilyn Club in Tokyo. Onnabes are women who live as men and have girlfriends, although they don't usually identify as lesbians. As the film follows them at home and on the job, all three talk frankly to the camera about their gender-bending lives, revealing their views about women, sex, transvestitism and lesbianism. Winner of the Silver Hugo Award at the Chicago Film Festival. Winner of the Gold Prize at the Houston FIlm Festival.

All film genres for all walks of life! Beginning in January and continuing into the foreseeable future: Saturday morning film screenings! 

If you're seeking a reliable weekend get-away, if you want to share in a passive amusement with the community, if you need to feast your eyes on another world, please join us in the Forbes Library Community Room for a film. All shows start at 11.

Children of Labor (1977)
54min

Featured at the 1977 New York Film Festival, CHILDREN OF LABOR is the story of how Finnish immigrants came into contact — and conflict — with industrial America. Three generations of Finnish-Americans recount how they coped with harsh realities by creating their own institutions: churches, temperance halls, socialist halls, and cooperatives.

All film genres for all walks of life! Beginning in January and continuing into the foreseeable future: Saturday morning film screenings! 

If you're seeking a reliable weekend get-away, if you want to share in a passive amusement with the community, if you need to feast your eyes on another world, please join us in the Forbes Library Community Room for a film. All shows start at 11.

All film genres for all walks of life! Beginning in January and continuing into the foreseeable future: Saturday morning film screenings! 

If you're seeking a reliable weekend get-away, if you want to share in a passive amusement with the community, if you need to feast your eyes on another world, please join us in the Forbes Library Community Room for a film. All shows start at 11.

All film genres for all walks of life! Beginning in January and continuing into the foreseeable future: Saturday morning film screenings! 

If you're seeking a reliable weekend get-away, if you want to share in a passive amusement with the community, if you need to feast your eyes on another world, please join us in the Forbes Library Community Room for a film. All shows start at 11.

All film genres for all walks of life! Beginning in January and continuing into the foreseeable future: Saturday morning film screenings! 

If you're seeking a reliable weekend get-away, if you want to share in a passive amusement with the community, if you need to feast your eyes on another world, please join us in the Forbes Library Community Room for a film. All shows start at 11.