75th Anniversary! NATIVE SON
Schedule
Wed, 27 May, 2026 at 06:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
Brattle Theatre | Cambridge, MA
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NATIVE SON screens Wed, May 27 at 6:00PM onlyRichard Wright’s incendiary, gutting novel of African American rage, fear, pain, and persecution is turned into a potboiler of a film noir in this dark and disturbing version. In a rare twist, the author himself plays the lead character Bigger Thomas, a chauffeur who accidentally kills the daughter of the progressive white family that he works for and goes on the run with tragic results.
1951 • dir Pierre Chenal w/Richard Wright, Jean Wallace, Gloria Madison, Nicholas Joy, Charles Cane • 91 min • DCP
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Repertory Series
REUNION WEEK
Fri, May 22 – Thu, May 28
Films Celebrating 25th, 50th, and 75th Anniversaries!
NEWS FROM HOME‡ • 50th Anniversary! • Fri, May 22 at 6:00
TAXI DRIVER‡ • 50th Anniversary! • Fri, May 22 at 8:00; Sun, May 24 at 3:30 • 35mm
AN AMERICAN IN PARIS • 75th Anniversary! • Sat, May 23 at 1:00PM
KINGS OF THE ROAD‡ • 50th Anniversary! • Sat, May 23 at 3:30PM
GHOST WORLD‡ • 25th Anniversary! • Sat, May 23 at 7:00PM
MASSACRE AT CENTRAL HIGH • 50th Anniversary! • Sat, May 23 & Tue, May 26 • Sat at 9:30PM; • 35mm
ALICE IN WONDERLAND • 75th Anniversary! New 4K Remaster! • Sun, May 24 & Tue, May 26 • Sun at 12:00, 1:45; Tue at 4:00PM
MISS JULIE • 75th Anniversary! • Sun, May 24 at 6:00PM
THE PIANO TEACHER • 25th Anniversary! • Sun, May 24 at 8:00PM
THE BAD NEWS BEARS‡ • 50th Anniversary! • Mon, May 25 at 1:00, 5:45
THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS‡ • 25th Anniversary! • Mon, May 25 at 3:15, 8:00 • 35mm
BABY BOY • 25th Anniversary! • Wed, May 27 at 3:30, 8:00
NATIVE SON • 75th Anniversary! • Wed, May 27 at 6:00PM
THE LAVENDER HILL MOB • 75th Anniversary! • Thu, May 28 at 4:00, 6:00
Strictly Brohibited Presents: 25th Anniversary! JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS • Thu, May 28 at 8:00PM
‡ Double Feature
https://brattlefilm.org/film-series/reunion-week/
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Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle Street,Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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