500 YEARS: LIFE IN RESISTANCE is a brilliant new stand-alone documentary, but it’s also the third part of a trilogy by acclaimed documentarian Pamela Yates beginning with the 1983 film WHEN THE MOUNTAINS TREMBLE and continuing with the 2011 follow-up GRANITO: HOW TO NAIL A DICTATOR. We are very excited to present her earlier films in the trilogy as weekend morning screenings July 29th & 30th only at our Monica Film Center and Pasadena Playhouse 7 locations.
Pamela Yates will appear in person for Q&As:
following the 7:10 pm showings of 500 YEARS at the Monica Film Center on Friday, 7/28 and Sunday, 7/30
for a joint Q&A following the 10:45 am screening of 500 YEARS, the 11:20 am screening of WHEN THE MOUNTAINS TREMBLE, and the 11:00 am screening of GRANITO at the Monica Film Center on Saturday, July 29th only. All 3 films should end at the same time, and the audiences will be escorted into a single auditorium for the Q&A.
following the 7:00 pm show of 500 YEARS at the Playhouse in Pasadena on Saturday, 7/29
for a joint Q&A following the 10:45 am screening of 500 YEARS, the 11:20 screening of WHEN THE MOUNTAINS TREMBLE, and the 11:00 am screening of GRANITO at the Pasadena Playhouse on Sunday, July 30th only. All 3 films should end at the same time, and the audiences will be escorted into a single auditorium for the Q&A.
Pamela Yates will briefly introduce each screening which is followed by a Q&A.
In the course of the last 4 years, the distinguished musicians of Street Symphony have presented nearly 200 free, live musical engagements with the Los Angeles community, presenting events in Skid Row, the greater Los Angeles Area and the LA County Jails. They bring jazz. They bring gypsy music. They bring the works of Schumann, Schubert and Mendelssohn. They bring music to lift up the brave stories and voices of people who, although living in an impoverished situation, are in no way impoverished in spirit.
Laemmle Theatres and the Anniversary Classics Series present a 50th anniversary screening of 
In adapting the book, Brooks (the Oscar-winning writer-director of such films as The Blackboard Jungle, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Elmer Gantry, and Sweet Bird of Youth) resolved to be as faithful as possible to Capote’s chronicle, even filming in many of the actual locations where the events took place. With Capote’s encouragement, Brooks cast unknown actors as the two killers, and the performances of Robert Blake as Smith and Scott Wilson as Hickok earned critical raves. More established actors John Forsythe, Paul Stewart, and Will Geer filled out the supporting cast. Brooks also bucked the industry practice and decided to shoot the film in black-and-white at a time when color cinematography had become virtually mandatory for big-studio films.