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Movie Nights at the Museum

Free movie screenings, free pop corn, free coffee & free conversations, every 1st and 3rd Friday of the month at the #skidrowmuseum. We screen movies about issues that are important to our Skid Row and downtown community such as gentrification, income inequality and racism.

Mike and Phillip about Movie Nights and "At the Bride's Side."

Friday 1st + 3rd @ 7pm = Movie Night at The Museum!Mike and Phillip about Movie Nights and "At the Bride's Side."

Posted by Skid Row History Museum and Archive on Thursday, May 2, 2019
Lorraine, Jason and Willow about Bridging the Divide: Tom Bradley and the Politics of Race.

Movie Nights at the MusuemLorraine, Jason and Willow about Bridging the Divide: Tom Bradley and the Politics of Race.

Posted by Skid Row History Museum and Archive on Friday, May 17, 2019

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Screening “Swallow THIS: A Documentary about Methadone & Covid-19” 6/2

June 2, 7pm. FREE MOVIE NIGHTS AT THE MUSEUMScreening: Swallow THIS: A Documentary about Methadone & Covid-19 Followed by a discussion with the filmmakers, Dr. Helena Hansen, and a person who uses methadone in LA. Directed by Marilena Marchetti and Helen RedmondRuntime: 27 min. "Swallow THIS: A Documentary about Methadone…
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Ornette: Made in America -5/19

Movie Night, 7pm: Screening Ornette: Made in America  Screening Ornette: Made in AmericaDirected by Shirley Clarke Runtime: 1 hr. 25 min. Returning in 1983 to his home in Fort Worth, Texas, documentary footage and dramatic scenes recall legendary performer and composer Ornette Coleman's rise from oppressed youth to cultural pioneer. Raised in…
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screening Walk The Talk 2022 – 4/21, 7pm

Walk the Talk 2022Directed by John Malpede & Henriëtte BrouwersRuntime: 38 min. Walk the Talk 2022 is the 6th iteration of the Los Angeles Poverty Department’s biennial, peripatetic performance: an on-going chronicle of the accomplishments of Skid Row people and their visionary initiatives. Walk the Talk is a parade with…
LA Poverty Department
March 29, 2023
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Screening ‘Locked in a Box’ and ‘Kingdom of Kurdistan’ 3/3

Los Angeles Poverty Department’s Movie Nights at the Museum are back!Free movie screenings, free popcorn, free coffee & free conversation.  Friday, March 3, 2023, at 7pm screening Locked in a Box: Immigration Detention and Kingdom of Kurdistan Locked in a Box: Immigration DetentionDirected by David BarnhartRuntime: 26 min. Locked in a Box follows the…
LA Poverty Department
February 27, 2023
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The Last Black Man in San Francisco – Jan. 20, 7pm

Movie Nights at the Museum are back!Free movie screenings, free popcorn, free coffee & free conversation. Friday, January 20, 2023 at 7pm screening The Last Black Man in San Francisco**Q&A with Joe Talbot after the screening The Last Black Man in San FranciscoDirected by Joe TalbotRuntime: 2 hr. 42. min Q&A with Joe Talbot…
LA Poverty Department
January 12, 2023

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LAPD’s Skid Row History Museum and Archive project is supported with funding from the California Arts Council’s Creative California Communities Program, The Surdna foundation, the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The National Endowment for the Arts.