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The Hello Girls – screening and Q&A with Executive Producer James Theres
In partnership with the Independence chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Library will host guest speaker James Theres to discuss his documentary “The Hello Girls”
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Movie: "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs"
Bring your blankets and lawn chairs as we enjoy "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" under the stars. Games and free refreshments will begin at 7 p.m., and the movie will start just after sundown.
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Above and Beyond: NASA’s Journey to Tomorrow
A commemoration of NASA's 60th anniversary featuring clips from Rory Kennedy's "Above and Beyond: NASA's Journey to Tomorrow". There will also be a panel with NASA staff, historians and astronauts.
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Movie: "Despicable Me 2"
Join us for our final film in our 2018 Summer Film Series, “Despicable Me 2." Released in 2013, Despicable Me 2 is the second film in Disney’s Despicable Me series.
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Film Screening: The Great Escape
The Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum will host a film screening of The Great Escape (1963)
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Movie: "Big Hero 6"
Join us for our fourth movie in our 2018 Summer Film Series, “Big Hero 6” Released in 2014, the animated comedyfilm was produced by Walt Disney Films and is based on the Marvel Superhero comics of the name.
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World Premiere of The Cold Blue, presented in collaboration with AFI DOCS
Using long-archived footage from Wyler's “Memphis Belle,” this new documentary film chronicles the B-17 airmen and their missions during of World War II.
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Movie - Saving Brinton
A documentary film about Michael Zahs efforts to save the nitrate films of promoter William Franklin Brinton, an Iowa salesman.
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Film Screening: THE MORE THE MERRIER (1943) and THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (1946)
Double feature film screening of THE MORE THE MERRIER (1943) and THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (1946)
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Karsh is History Screening and tour
We will screen the documentary on Yousuf Karsh (Karsh is History) and then tour our exhibtion "Yousuf Karsh: American Portraits.