Event

Spotlight

On Sunday, March 13 at 2 pm we are pleased to screen the 2016 Academy Award Winner for Best Picture Spotlight, starring Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, John Slattery, Stanley Tucci, Brian d'Arcy James, Liev Schreiber, and Billy Crudup.

Spotlight, directed by Tom McCarthy, follows the Boston Globes Spotlight team and its investigation into cases of widespread and systemic child sex abuse in the Boston area by numerous Roman Catholic priests. It is based on a series of stories by the actual Spotlight Team that earned The Globe the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service.

In addition to winning the Academy Award for Best Picture, Spotlight also received an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay and was nominated in 4 additional categories. It also received the 2016 SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture and the 2016 AFI Award for Movie of the Year.

Tickets for this one time screening are $7.00 general admission and available online, at Seastrand (919 Linden Ave., cash or check only) and at the theater box office prior to screen time. Spotlight has an R rating and a run time of 2 hours.