MWPAI Film Series: Wild Nights with Emily
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- Sinnott Family - Bank of Utica Auditorium
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- MWPAI Film Series
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2 and 7:30 pm
Directed by Madeleine Olnek, 2019, United States, Rated PG-13, 84 min.
In the mid-19th century, Emily Dickinson is writing prolifically, baking gingerbread, and enjoying a passionate, lifelong romantic relationship with another woman, her friend and sister-in-law Susan. Beloved comic Molly Shannon leads in this humorous yet bold reappraisal of Dickinson, informed by her private letters. While seeking publication of some of the 1,775 poems written during her lifetime, Emily (Shannon) finds herself facing a troupe of male literary gatekeepers too confused by her genius to take her work seriously. Instead, her work attracts the attention of an ambitious woman editor, who also sees Emily as a convenient cover for her own role in buttoned-up Amherst's most bizarre love triangle. A timely critique of how women's history is rewritten, the film remains vibrant, irreverent and tender—a perhaps closer depiction of Emily Dickinson's real life than anything seen before.
Open Caption Wednesdays
Both Wednesday screenings will feature Open Captions (subtitles) for the benefit of our deaf or hearing-impaired guests. Please be aware that this service is not always available from the film distributor, but will be provided whenever possible.
Sponsored by M&T Bank
Tickets are on sale 30 minutes prior to each screening.
- Admission:
$6 MWPAI Members
$8 General Admission
$4 Students
Free for PrattMWP Students - Film Passbooks that don't expire:
10 discounted admissions are available
at the Performing Arts Ticket Office:
$55 for MWPAI Members
$75 for General Admission