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An online movie discussion club focusing on animated films from around the world and throughout history.
The Zoom invite will be emailed to registrants before the program.
This month's film will be Chico and Rita (2010), directed by Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal. Watch it before the event, and then bring your thoughts and opinions to our lively discussion! It is available for free with your library card on Hoopla:
https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/13622031
Or on Kanopy:
https://nhfpl.kanopy.com/video/chico-rita
For help accessing the film, give the Mitchell Library a call at 203-946-8117.
Cuba, 1948. Chico is a young piano player with big dreams. Rita is a beautiful singer with an extraordinary voice. Music and desire unite them as they chase their dreams and each other from Havana to New York to Paris, Hollywood and Las Vegas. With an original soundtrack by legendary Cuban pianist and five-time Grammy-winning composer Bebo Valdes, CHICO & RITA captures a defining moment in the evolution of history and jazz, and features the music of (and animated cameos by) Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, Cole Porter, Dizzy Gillespie, Woody Herman, Tito Puente, Chano Pozo, and others.
Nominee for Best Animated Picture at the Academy Awards and winner of Best Animated Film at the Goya Awards
Official Selection at the Toronto International Film Festival
The Donald G. Mitchell Memorial Library was founded in 1910, adopted into the New Haven Free Public Library System in 1922, and opened in its current facility in 1966. Situated on the edge of Beecher Park, Mitchell Library has become a cornerstone of the Westville, Amity, Beaver Hills, Edgewood, and West Rock neighborhoods. Residents frequent the library to attend community meetings; borrow the latest bestsellers; enjoy, attend, or participate in a library program; or take advantage of the library’s free Wi-Fi.
2019 Recipient of National Medal for