The Pageant Theatre

MARLEE MATLIN: NOT ALONE ANYMORE

Shoshannah Stern

  • 98 minutes
  • 2025
  • English and American Sign Language with English subtitles and open captioning
      • Friday July 11
      • 7:30pm
      • Saturday July 12
      • 5pm
      • Sunday July 13
      • 2pm and 7pm
      • PLEASE NOTE: NO ADS - FILMS BEGIN AT POSTED SHOWTIMES

      Marlee Matlin was born into a hearing family, like roughly 95% of Deaf people. Growing up in Illinois, she faced episodes of isolation and abuse. She found joy in performing at a local deaf theater. In 1987, Marlee Matlin became the first Deaf actor to win an Academy Award and was thrust into the spotlight at 21 years old. Reflecting on her life in her primary language of American Sign Language, NOT ALONE ANYMORE explores the complexities of what it means to be a trailblazer. As a child, filmmaker Shoshannah Stern was inspired to believe that a deaf woman like herself could pursue a career as an actor after seeing Matlin win her Oscar.

      Stern's directorial debut is an intimate, honest, and loving conversation between two profoundly connected people that weaves together Matlin’s first-person account with interviews from those who know her best. Stern reimagines traditional documentary storytelling, elevating ASL as the film’s heart and soul while removing conventional voiceovers and including open captions, creating an authentic and visually immersive experience. Through split-screen interviews with both Deaf and hearing contributors, the film weaves a poignant and inspiring narrative of Matlin’s legendary career, highlighting her tireless fight for inclusion and representation in an entertainment world that at first had no place for her. The resulting film is engrossing and profound.

PAPER MOON

Peter Bogdanovich

  • 103 minutes
  • 1973
  • English
      • Friday July 11
      • 5pm
      • Saturday July 12
      • 7:30pm
      • Sunday July 13
      • 4:30pm
      • PLEASE NOTE: NO ADS - FILMS BEGIN AT POSTED SHOWTIMES

      Maverick director Peter Bogdanovich affectionately recreates the world of the 1930s Dust Bowl in this beloved, briskly entertaining chronicle of one of cinema’s unlikeliest crime sprees. Real-life father and daughter Ryan and Tatum O’Neal (who became the youngest-ever Oscar winner for her spark-plug performance) play off each other with almost musical agility as a Bible-hawking con man and the precocious, recently orphaned tomboy who falls into his care—and soon rivals her newfound father figure’s skill as a swindler. With period-perfect detail, glowing monochrome imagery by cinematographer László Kovács, and a memorable supporting cast (including the inimitable Madeline Kahn), PAPER MOON is a witty, loving portrait of two natural-born hustlers on a road trip through Depression-era America.

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