Grant from NYC Councilperson Shaun Abreu
Underwrites Science on Screen®
Uptown Partners for First Time with New York Historical
for Tales from an Immigrant City series
The Uptown is excited to announce it will be hosting two new film series this winter: Science on Screen® will be held at the Leonard Nimoy Thalia, beginning on February 24, and Tales of the Immigrant City will be screened at the New York Historical, beginning on March 20.
The Science on Screen® series is a pioneering, nationwide film program launched in 2005 by the Coolidge Corner Theater in Brookline, MA, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, to promote science literacy through partnerships with nonprofit organizations across the country. As described by the Coolidge, the program “creatively pairs screenings of classic, cult, science fiction, and documentary films with lively presentations by notable experts from the world of science and technology.”
The Uptown’s three-film Science on Screen series will include Hidden Figures, Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story, and HER, with introductions by Dr. Moiya McTier, astrophysicist and folklorist; Sarah Rose Siskind, science and comedy writer; and Janna Levin, theoretical cosmologist and professor of physics and astronomy at Barnard College. Tickets for the three films are on sale now.
Beginning in March, the Uptown partners with the New York Historical to present three films focused on the immigrant experience in New York City: In America, with introduction by award-winning novelist Colum McCann; Hester Street (guest TBA); and En El Septimo Dia (On the Seventh Day), with filmmaker Jim McKay. Tickets go on sale in late February.
Uptown president Ira Deutchman and vice president Adeline Monzier, who leads our education initiatives, note that these series demonstrate the kind of programming we expect to offer on a regular basis when we finally open our doors (hopefully in late 2028). It also points out how partnerships–with local nonprofit organizations and arthouses across the country–are integral to our mission. “We especially want to thank the New York Historical for partnering with us on our Tales of an Immigrant City film series, and to Councilman Shaun Abreu and Thomas Campbell Jackson for underwriting our Science on Screen series,” says Ira. “These partnerships and grants are allowing us to offer exceptionally curated, thoughtful film series to our community, at affordable prices, despite the fact that we don’t have a theater yet.”
A pop-up spring/summer series will be hosted again this year, as well, beginning in late May or June. Last year’s very successful ten-film series, For the Love of Cinema, played at several venues in upper Manhattan.