Award Winning Movies Showing @ MGPL

Here is a list of award winning films that will be shown soon at MGPL. Please join us in our auditorium and watch some interesting, inspiring, and thought-provoking films. As always, admission is free and if you join us on a Tuesday morning showing, coffee and treats are served. If you can't make it to the showing, you can check out the film from our collection. Hope to see you soon!

Waiting for Superman (2011, PG, 111 min.)

Tuesday, June 7 at 11:30am

Winner, Audience Award, 2010 Sundance Film Festival  & 7 other awards

Provides an engaging and inspiring look at public education in the United States. This documentary has helped launch a movement to achieve a real and lasting change through the compelling stories of five unforgettable students such as Emily, a Silicon Valley eighth-grader who is afraid of being labeled as unfit for college, and Francisco,, a Bronx first-grader whose mom will do anything to give him a shot at a better life.

Between the Folds: A Film about Finding Inspiration in Unexpected Places (2010, NR, 55 min.)

Thursday, June 9 at 2pm

Winner, Best documentary, 2009 Indie Spirit International Film Festival & 4 other awards

This film chronicles the stories of ten fine artists and intrepid theoretical scientists who have abandoned careers and scoffed at hard-earned graduate degrees - all to forge unconventional lives as modern-day paperfolders.

Mao's Last Dancer (2011, PG, 117 min.)

Sunday June 12 at 2pm

Winner, Audeince Award-Best Foreign Film,  2009 San Paulo International Film Festival & 6 other awards

Based on an inspiring true story, this emotionally powerful crowd-pleaser emerged as one of the year's most talked about independent films. It's the fascinating and epic tale of Li Cunxin, a peasant boy from rural China who beats impossible odds to become a world-renowned ballet dancer. Through breathtaking talent and sheer determination, Li makes his way to the United States, but when he falls in love with an American woman, he must risk everything to remain in the land of the free. Cast: Joan Chen, Kyle Maclachlan, Bruce Greenwood, Chi Chao.

Inside Job (2011, PG-13, 109 min.)

Tuesday, June 14 at 11:30am

Winner, Best Documentary, Academy Awards 2010 & 5 other awards

Narrated by Matt Damon, this documentary provides an analysis of the global financial crisis of 2008, which at a cost over $20 trillion, caused millions of people to lose their jobs and homes in the worst recession since the Great Depression, and nearly resulted in a global financial collapse. Through exhaustive research, and extensive interviews with key financial insiders, politicians, journalists and academics, this film traces the rise of a rogue industry which has corrupted politics, regulation, and academia.

127 Hours (2011, R, 94 min.)

Thursday, June 16 at 2pm and 7pm

Winner, Best Male Lead Actor, Independent Spirit Award 2010 & 18 other awards

The powerfully uplifting true story of one man's struggle to survive against mountainous odds. Aron Ralston has a passion for all things outdoors. But, when a falling boulder traps him in a remote Utah canyon, a thrill-seeker's adventure becomes the challenge of a lifetime. Over the next five days, Ralston embarks on a remarkable personal journey in which he relies on the memories of family and friends as well as his own courage and ingenuity to turn adversity into triumph. Cast: James Franco, Amber Tamblyn, Kate Mara, Clemence Poesy, Kate Burton, Lizzy Caplan, Treat Williams.

Black Swan (2011, R, 108 min.)

Saturday, June 18 at 2pm

Winner, Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role, Academy Awards, 2010 & 37 other awards

A psychological thriller set in the world of New York City ballet. An insecure ballet dancer wins the lead in Swan lake but slowly loses her grip on sanity when a seductive newcomer is out to steal her role. Cast: Natalie Portman, Barbara Hershey, Vincent Casel, Mila Kunis, Winona Ryder