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S E P T E M B E R 2 0 2 6 I 2 9 Roustabout Directed by John Rich The Special Projects Committee invites you to join them for a special screening on 35mm IB Technicolor anamorphic print of Director John Rich's 1964 classic musical, Roustabout. When singer Charlie Rogers (Elvis Presley) is fired from his job at a coffee shop, he finds his next gig at a struggling carnival. While his singing starts to turn the show's finances around, his attempted romance with young Cathy leads to friction with her father. Elvis Presley's sixteenth film, John Rich's Roustabout was moderately received at the time of its release but later became a cult classic among Presley fans and movie-lovers alike due to the popular soundtrack album, which reached #1 on the Billboard Album Chart. Starring: Elvis Presley, Barbara Stanwyck, Joan Freeman and Leif Erickson Running Time: 101 minutes • Print Courtesy of Michael Goi and Paramount Pictures The screening will be followed by a panel discussion featuring Directors influenced by John Rich. LA Tue., Sep. 22 7:00 p.m. DGA Theater 1 RSVP Online at www.dga.org The Classic Film Series screens revered films, often followed by a panel discussion about the film and its Director's contribution to the world of cinema. The Brittney Griner Story Directed by Alex Stapleton — Presented by the Eastern Region Special Projects Committee Documentary Series In 2013, Brittney Griner was selected as the first overall pick in the WNBA draft. In February 2022, the three-time Olympic gold medalist was detained at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport after Russian customs officials alleged they found cannabis oil vape cartridges in her luggage. The media frenzy surrounding her harrowing experience in a Russian penal colony and eventual release as part of a prisoner swap was fueled by speculation and attempts to leverage her narrative to advance political agendas. Alex Stapleton's (Sean Combs: The Reckoning) new documentary, The Brittney Griner Story, gives the floor to Griner and an inner circle of friends and family to tell her journey, her fight for freedom and her work to help other wrongfully detained Americans. Running Time: 105 minutes • Print Courtesy of ESPN Films The screening will be followed by a discussion with Director Alex Stapleton. photo by: Santiago Felipe NY Fri., Sep. 25 7:00 p.m. DGA NY Theater RSVP Online at www.dga.org WITHOUT BLOOD Directed by: ANGELINA JOLIE UNIT MANAGER: GIANLUCA SANTANGELO • FIRST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: JOSH MUZAFFER • SECOND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: BARBARA PASTROVICH • SECOND SECOND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: GIANMARCO FORMICA WRITTEN FOR THE SCREEN BY: ANGELINA JOLIE • BASED UPON THE BOOK BY: ALESSANDRO BARICCO • PRODUCED BY: ANGELINA JOLIE, p.g.a., LORENZO MIELI, p.g.a., LORENZO DE MAIO, p.g.a., SIMONE GATTONI • DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: SEAMUS McGARVEY, ASC, BSC • PRODUCTION DESIGN BY: JON HUTMAN • EDITED BY: XAVIER BOX, JOEL COX • COSTUME DESIGN BY: URSULA PATZAK STARRING: SALMA HAYEK PINAULT, DEMIÁN BICHIR PRINT COURTESY OF: BRAINSTORM MEDIA • RATING: NOT RATED AT PRESS TIME • RUNNING TIME: 84 MINUTES photo by: Stefano C. Montesi LOS ANGELES Sun., Sept. 20 4:00 p.m. NEW YORK Sat., Sept. 26 7:00 p.m. Teenage Wasteland Directed by Amanda McBaine & Jesse Moss — Presented by the Special Projects Committee Documentary Series In the early 1990s, a group of teenagers from Middletown High School used their video recorders to make a student documentary about the brown muck surfacing at the local dump in their upstate New York town and uncovered a vast conspiracy that was poisoning their community. Thirty years later, they revisit their film and confront the legacy of this transformative experience. Using archival footage of that class project, Garbage, Gangsters, and Greed, as well as outtakes, diaries and interviews, Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss' (Boys State) new documentary, Teenage Wasteland, weaves a sobering yet buoyant story about fighting the good fight as its own life-changing triumph. Running Time: 110 minutes • Print Courtesy of Netflix The screening will be followed by a discussion with Directors Amanda McBaine & Jesse Moss. photo by: Whitney Curtis LA Thu., Sep. 3 7:00 p.m. DGA Theater 2 RSVP Online at www.dga.org The Documentary Series presents ground-breaking non-fiction films, often followed by a dialogue with the Director. CLASSIC FILM SERIES DGA MEMBERSHIP SCREENING DOCUMENTARY SERIES SCREENINGS