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The film A Place at the Table examines hunger in America through the stories of three people struggling to put food on the table for their families every day. The movie emphasizes the serious economic, social, and cultural. Implications hunger poses to our nation. Can America end hunger? Panel Discussion and Q&A immediately following the film.

1 hour

New Hampshire Public Television and Red River Theatres are presenting a monthly series of free screenings and panel discussions featuring films from the Emmy Award-winning PBS series INDEPENDENT LENS. This NH collaboration is part of a nationwide Community Cinema program. Community Cinema is a groundbreaking public education and civic engagement initiative bringing together leading organizations, community members and public television stations to learn, discuss and get involved in today's critical social issues. For more info on shows visit http://www.redrivertheatres.org/community-cinema-initiative/ or http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/getinvolved/

2 hours 10 minutes

(PG-13) Rural Arkansas: along the Mississippi River. Two teenage boys (Tye Sheridan and Jacob Lofland) discover a fugitive (Matthew McConaughey) looking to elude bounty hunters and link-up with his girlfriend (Reese Witherspoon). Skeptical but intrigued, the kids agree to help him. With a Mark Twain influenced ambiance, writer/director Jeff Nichols pieces together a stunning mosaic–having elements of poverty, youth, loss of innocence, love and violence. McConaughey gives a marvelous, award-worthy performance.

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The Woodstock Lumber Mill, of Woodstock, New Hampshire, was built along the Pemigewasset River in 1907 and operated until 1913, when it burnt down on August 14th of that year. In 2011 Brian Bollinger, of Bollinger Edgerly Scale Trains, was contracted to build an HO scale (1:87) replica of this lumber mill for Robert Liljistrand. Robert's family used to lease land to the Woodstock Lumber Mill back when it was still in operation. Brian teamed up with Jim Harr, of Stella Scale Models, to build this museum quality structure for Bob. Find out what it was like to log the timbers of the great White Mountains of New Hampshire during the turn of the century in this documentary style video including interviews with Bill Gove — who has published a number of books on logging in the White Mountains, Stuart Wallace — a professor of History at the University of New Hampshire in Manchester, Bill Mellett, a local long time resident of Woodstock and Mike Levesque, a 5th generation logger. Then join Brian and Jim to see how one of these long lost lumber mills was painstakingly recreated in miniature form.

1 hour 46 minutes

(R) Inspired by actual events, The Iceman follows notorious contract killer Richard Kuklinski (Academy Award (R) nominee Michael Shannon) from his early days in the mob until his arrest for the murder of more than 100 men. Appearing to be living the American dream as a devoted husband and father; in reality Kuklinski was a ruthless killer-for-hire. When finally arrested in 1986, neither his wife nor daughters have any clue about his real profession.

2 hours 10 minutes

(R) A Pakistani man, who may currently be involved in a high profile hostage situation, reflects upon how his dream of fortune and glory on Wall Street turned nightmarish when the Twin Towers were attacked. A chain of extreme post-9/11 events caused him to question and change aspects of his life. Director Mira Nair's portrait of a conflicted soul, perfected embodied by Riz Ahmed, is astonishingly relevant in today's atmosphere of potential terrorism. Kate Hudson, Liev Schreiber and Kiefer Sutherland co-star.