12 Mighty Orphans tells the true story of the Mighty Mites, the football team of a Fort Worth orphanage that, during the Great Depression, went from playing without shoes—or even a football—to playing for the Texas state championships. It stars Luke Wilson, Robert Duvall, and Martin Sheen.
PG-13
Friday, June 11 7:30 pm showtime sold out
“Like horseracing, filmmaking is a high-risk gamblers' game, but the team behind Dream Horse, the resulting dramatization of the Vokes' story, have surely bred a winner with this endearing, determinedly crowd-pleasing adaptation.” Leslie Felperin, Hollywood Reporter.
Meet local author Ronnie Beaty and Noodle Lui for a special book signing event.
Author's Statement-
For this edition of Being There: Tuesday Evenings with the Modern, we welcome Egyptian-born artist and filmmaker Wael Shawky in conjunction with the exhibition FOCUS: Wael Shawky. The artist will discuss the work in the show as well as his broader artistic career in which he explores the ambiguities between history and myth via multimedia presentation in order to challenge the authority of history.
From Academy Award® winning director Caroline Link (Nowhere in Africa) comes an adaptation of acclaimed British author Judith Kerr's classic novel based on childhood memories of her Jewish family tackling prejudice, exile, displacement, and adaptation after they escape from 1933 Berlin.
German with English subtitles,119 minutes
“The barren earth surrounding a drought-stricken Aussie town provides fertile ground for mystery, suspense and punchy emotional drama in The Dry.” Richard Kuipers, Variety.
Aaron Falk goes back home to attend a tragic funeral. However, his return reopens the door to the unsolved death of a teenage girl.
R; 117 minutes
Modern Members have early access to the exhibition Sean Scully: The Shape of Ideas.
In recognition of your support as a member of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, you are invited to enjoy an exclusive preview of this new exhibition before it opens to the public.
MEMBER PREVIEW DAYS
June 17–19
Member previews will be hosted during regular Museum hours, and reservations are not required. Simply present your membership card for entry.
The Killing of Two Lovers follows David, who desperately tries to keep his family of six together during a separation from his wife. They both agree to see other people, but David struggles to grapple with his wife's new relationship. The Hollywood Reporter calls the film "a transfixing drama without a wasted word or a single inessential scene."
R; 84 minutes
Experiential cinema in its purest form, Gunda chronicles the unfiltered lives of a mother pig, a flock of chickens, and a herd of cows with masterful intimacy. Using stark, transcendent black-and-white cinematography and the farm's ambient soundtrack, master director Viktor Kossakovsky invites the audience to slow down and experience life as his subjects do, taking in their world with a magical patience and an other-worldly perspective.
This inspiring documentary looks inside the minds and hearts of the Sesame Street creators, actors, writers, and educators who together established one of the most influential programs in television history.
107 minutes
