The Nyack Center - South Broadway at Depew Avenue Nyack NY

<h2>Men With Guns</h2>
Directed by John Sayles With Federico Luppi, Damian Delgado, Dan Rivera Gonzalez 1997, USA/Mexico, 127 minutes. In Spanish, Italian, English, Nahuati, Maya, Tzotzil, Kuna.
Presented with Missing Movies
Wednesday, July 8, 8:00 pm At The Nyack Center
Oscar nominated director and indie film pioneer John Sayles will discuss Men With Guns and how it became a “missing movie,” with Missing Movies founder Rich Guay.
Golden Globe Nominee: Best Foreign Language Film
National Board of Review: Top Foreign Films
&nbsp;After a life in a city where he has been indifferent to the world around him, a wealthy physician in an unnamed Latin American Country who is nearing retirement and thinking about his legacy, decides to visit medical students who he has trained and sent to dangerous rural areas to serve indigenous communities. Never having given serious thought to the reality of the world around him, he is surprised to find himself slowly being immersed in a world of violent conflict, where powerless villagers and educated doctors alike are threatened and killed by “men with guns.” Men With Guns was filmed in Mexico with a cast that included many who had never seen a film.
“The film takes the form of a journey, sometimes harrowing, sometimes poetic. It has a backbone of symbolism, as many great stories do. As the doctor moves from the city to the country, from the shore to the mountains, he also moves through history.” – Roger Ebert, Chicogo Sun-Times
“John Sayles is the most courageous and decent storyteller working in American films today. He proves that again in ”Men With Guns.” ­Critic’s Pick – Janet Maslin, The New York Times

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Men With Guns
Directed by John Sayles With Federico Luppi, Damian Delgado, Dan Rivera Gonzalez 1997, USA/Mexico, 127 minutes....

<h2><a href="https://rivertownfilm.org/steal-this-story-please/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Steal This Story, Please</a></h2>
Directed by Carl Deal, Tia Lessen USA, 2025, 98 minutes
Wednesday, July 22 8:00 pm, at The Nyack Center
Meet the Filmmaker: Producer, Karen Ranucci, will discuss her film.

Community Partners: League of Woman Voters of Rockland County
Undeterred by armed soldiers, evasive politicians, and riot police, journalist Amy Goodman has reported some of the most consequential stories of our time.&nbsp;Steal This Story, Please!&nbsp;is a gripping portrait of the trailblazer whose unwavering commitment to truth-telling spans three decades of turbulent history. From the frontlines of global conflicts to the organized chaos of her daily news show&nbsp;Democracy Now!, Goodman broadcasts stories and voices routinely silenced by commercial media.
Oscar-nominated filmmakers Carl Deal and Tia Lessin (Trouble the Water, The Janes) take us behind the scenes with the warm, wisecracking granddaughter of an Orthodox rabbi — raised in a tradition of asking hard questions – as she navigates a news landscape reshaped by technology, corporate consolidation, and political assaults on the press – and on truth itself. Urgent, provocative and unexpectedly funny,&nbsp;Steal This Story, Please!&nbsp;is both a call to action and a celebration of resistance, posing the question: what happens to democracy when the press surrenders to power?

Local Event: STEAL THIS STORY, PLEASE at Rivertown Film

STEAL THIS STORY, PLEASE at Rivertown Film

Steal This Story, Please
Directed by Carl Deal, Tia Lessen USA, 2025, 98 minutes
Wednesday, July 22 8:00 pm, at The Nyack...