Amherst Cinema Arts Center Inc

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FOUR SCREENS BRIMMING WITH WORLD CLASS PROGRAMS!

We present over 200 films a year on four screens in more than 20 languages, and a stunning array of plays, dance and music performances in HD from internationally known artists and companies.

Our groundbreaking arts education program for school children uses the immense power of cinema to inspire creative writing by young learners. 

Our comfortable, fully accessible theater offers state-of-the-art projection and sound and is a welcoming crossroads for all of Western Massachusetts!

► Current–Release Films

▪ Oscar® winners, major art house hits, and scores of new film gems

▪ Independent and world cinema – feature films, documentaries, shorts

► Film Series and Retrospectives

▪  Special programs on a range of topics such as animation, architecture, baseball, birds, comedies, dance, energy policy, film noir, food policy, French film, Italian film, Jewish themes, music (rock, jazz, pop, soul, gospel, classical, etc.),  nature, peacebuilding, photography, poetry, U.S. and world history, and science, medicine and technology.

► Filmmakers and Artists - Visits

▪ Screenings with internationally known and emerging artists:  Ken Burns, John Sayles, Siegfried Kühn, Cynthia Lowen, Debra Granik, Haile Gerima, Andrea B. Scott, Khalik Allah, Jessica Oreck, Kirsten Johnson, and many more

► Plays, Dance and Music in HD on the Big Screen

▪ Plays from Broadway, Britain’s National Theatre and Shakespeare festivals world-wide.

▪ Moscow’s legendary Bolshoi Ballet and New York's incredible Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.

▪ Musical performances and much more!

► Children’s Arts Education:  See-Hear-Feel-Film

Amherst Cinema uses the immense power of the visual image to inspire creative writing in young learners.  Over 1,000 third graders participate each year from public schools throughout the Pioneer Valley.  Over half of the students come from underserved public schools and all attend on scholarship!

See you at the movies!

www.amherstcinema.org