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O C T O B E R 2 0 2 3 I 1 9 The Exorcist — Directed by William Friedkin — Presented by the Eastern Region Special Projects Committee The Eastern Region Special Projects Committee invites you to join them for a special 50th Anniversary screening of William Friedkin's classic The Exorcist. When a young girl starts acting oddly — levitating, speaking in tongues — her worried mother seeks medical help, only to hit a dead end. After a local priest thinks the girl may be possessed by the devil and makes a request to perform an exorcism, the church sends in an expert to help with the diffi cult job. William Friedkin's The Exorcist terrifi ed audiences and set the bar for generations to come. The fi lm earned Friedkin DGA and Academy Award nominations, was the fi rst horror fi lm to be nominated for Best Picture and was inducted in the National Film Registry in 2010. Starring: Ellen Burstyn, Linda Blair, Jason Miller and Max von Sydow Running Time: 121 minutes - Print Courtesy of Warner Bros. The screening will feature a special historical introduction by Eastern Region Special Projects Committee Chair Raymond De Felitta with fi lm clips and photos. NY Tue., Oct. 31 6:00 p.m. DGA NY Theater RSVP Online at www.dga.org The Anniversary Series screens classic fi lms on an anniversary of their initial release, with an introduction detailing their contribution to the world of cinema. Anniversary Series Anatomy of a Fall — A Film from France — Directed by Justine Triet When a man is found dead in the snow in a remote town in the French Alps, police question whether it was suicide or murder. His wife becomes the main suspect and their near blind young son is the only witness. Justine Triet's (Two Ships, Age of Panic) new feature, Anatomy of a Fall (Anatomie d'une chute) is a smart, solidly crafted procedural anchored in an unsettling family drama. The fi lm earned Triet the Palme d'Or at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival. Starring: Sandra Hüller, Swann Arlaud, Milo Machado Graner, Antoine Reinartz, Samuel Theis, Jehnny Beth, Saadia Bentaïeb, Camille Rutherford, Anne Rotger, Sophie Fillières Running Time: 150 minutes - Print Courtesy of NEON In French, German and English with English Subtitles The New York screening will be followed by a discussion with Director Justine Triet. photo by: Yann Rabanier NY Mon., Oct. 9 7:00 p.m. DGA NY Theater LA Wed., Oct. 11 7:00 p.m. DGA Theater 2 RSVP Online at www.dga.org The Global Cinema Series presents contemporary, classic, & independent foreign fi lms, often followed by conversations with the Directors. Global Cinema Series Documentary Series Yours in Freedom, Bill Baird — Directed by Rebecca Cammisa Bill Baird is a reproductive rights pioneer who is believed to be the fi rst and only non-lawyer in American history with three Supreme Court victories. He was jailed eight times in fi ve states in the 1960s for lecturing on abortion and birth control. He has been called by some in the media, the "father" of the birth control and abortion-rights movement. He has been called by others, The Devil Incarnate, Pervert, CIA Agent, Saint, Murderer. Rebecca Cammisa's new documentary, Yours in Freedom, Bill Baird, follows the story of the unsung hero of the birth control battle, who gave up everything — his family, his livelihood, his freedom — in pursuit of women's rights. Running Time: 104 minutes - Print Courtesy of Terra Mater Studios The screening will be followed by a discussion with Director Rebecca Cammisa. NY Fri., Oct. 27 7:00 p.m. DGA NY Theater RSVP Online at www.dga.org A Compassionate Spy — Directed by Steve James Recruited as an 18-year-old Harvard undergraduate to be the youngest person on the Manhattan Project, brilliant physicist Ted Hall didn't share his colleagues' elation after the successful detonation of the world's fi rst atomic bomb. Increasingly concerned during 1944 — with Germany clearly losing the war — that a U.S. post-war monopoly on such a powerful weapon could lead to nuclear catastrophe, he decided to start passing key information about the bomb's construction to the Soviet Union. 1994 DGA Documentary Award-winner (Hoop Dreams) and three-time nominee (At The Death House Door, The Interrupters, Abacus: Small Enough to Jail) Steve James' nuanced fi lm, A Compassionate Spy, reveals the twists and turns of this real-life spy story, its profound impact on nuclear history, and the couple's remarkable love and life together during more than 50 years of marriage. Running Time: 101 minutes - Print Courtesy of Magnolia Pictures The screening will be followed by a discussion with Director Steve James. photo by: Greg Gorman LA Tues. Oct. 17 7:00 p.m. DGA Theater 2 RSVP Online at www.dga.org The Documentary Series presents ground-breaking non-fi ction fi lms, often followed by a dialogue with the Director.