Begin the week with Bigger Than Us, an uplifting documentary followed by a panel featuring inspirational young speakers. Then go back to April 15, 2019, for a thrilling, edge-of-your-seat recreation of Notre-Dame on Fire. And end the week with a one-two punch of new British cinema: Jennifer Saunders and Judi Dench in the warm, moving Allelujah at 5 pm, followed by the highly original British-Pakistani action-comedy Polite Society at 7:30 pm.
• THU 15 JUNE @ 7:30 PM: BIGGER THAN US (M, 97 MINS)
After winning the lottery, a Texan single mother (Oscar nominee Andrea Riseborough) squanders her winnings on liquor and drugs, leaving behind a world of heartbreak. Years later, with nowhere to go, she fights to rebuild her life.
• FRI 16 JUNE @ 7:30 PM: NOTRE-DAME ON FIRE (M, 110 MINS)
On April 15, 2019, a fire broke out in the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris. This intense French disaster film follows the rescue teams who must work against the clock, risking their lives to safeguard the famed monument and its religious treasures.
• SAT 17 JUNE @ **5 PM**: ALLELUJAH (M, 99 MINS)
When the geriatric ward of a small Yorkshire hospital is threatened with closure due to funding cuts, the ward’s staff and residents rally together to fight for its future and invite a news crew to document their efforts in this moving British drama.
• SAT 17 JUNE @ 7:30 PM: POLITE SOCIETY (M, 104 MINS)
A British-Pakistani schoolgirl who aspires to be a stuntwoman attempts to pull off an ambitious wedding heist to save her older sister from impending marriage, all in the name of independence, in this inventive British action-comedy.