LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY / ROOM
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Aero Theatre | Q&A with actor Brie Larson. Moderated by David Canfield.
‘Brie Larson: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’
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ABOUT THE EPISODE:
Episode 1 “Little Miss Hastings,” 2023, Dir. Sarah Adina Smith, 46 Min, Apple TV+, USA
Elizabeth, a brilliant but frustrated lab technician in the 1950s, is punished after she’s caught conducting her own research after hours.
FORMAT: DCP
ABOUT THE SERIES:
LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY, 2023, Dir., Min, Apple TV+, USA
Set in the early 1950s, “Lessons in Chemistry” follows Elizabeth Zott (played by Larson), whose dream of being a scientist is put on hold in a patriarchal society. When Elizabeth finds herself fired from her lab, she accepts a job as a host on a TV cooking show, and sets out to teach a nation of overlooked housewives — and the men who are suddenly listening — a lot more than recipes.
FORMAT: DCP
ABOUT THE FILM:
ROOM, 2015, Dir. Lenny Abrahamson, 118 Min, A24, Ireland/Canada/UK/USA
Held captive for years in an enclosed space, a woman (Brie Larson) and her young son (Jacob Tremblay) finally gain their freedom, allowing the boy to experience the outside world for the first time.
FORMAT: DCP
