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BUDDY - The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Mayor

Wednesday, May 14, 2008 from 7:30 PM to 10:30 PM (ET)

Pelham, United States

BUDDY -  The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Mayor

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Film & Reception Ended $20.00 $0.99

Event Details

BUDDY 

 

 

The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Mayor
 
Q&A directly after the film with former
Mayor of Providence, Buddy Cianci,
and Filmmaker Cherry Arnold

WINNER: Best Documentary, Boston Film Festival
WINNER: Best Documentary, Audience Award, RI Int'l Film Festival
WINNER: Best Emerging Documentary Filmmaker, Cherry Arnold for BUDDY, Woods Hole Film Festival
 
NOMINATED FOR AN EMMY®
  Small Reception at 7pm

                                    Movie starts at 7:30pm

                Q&A directly after the movie (9pm) 

About the Film

As the  longest-serving mayor in modern day history, Buddy Cianci remains one of the country's most controversial political figures. Cianci's unflagging popularity and extraordinary career comebacks have baffled political analysts and frustrated federal investigators. Brilliant and aggressive, charming and ruthless, Cianci is described by supporters and critics alike as a political survivor.

“Buddy”, the documentary, paints a complex portrait of the often contradictory and always audacious public figure who became the youngest man and the first Italian-American to become mayor of Providence, and a Republican who unseated a Democrat stronghold of more than thirty years. From his early promise as an attorney prosecuting organized crime to his success overseeing Providence's "renaissance," the film tracks Cianci's entanglements with city council opposition, union skirmishes, personal scandals, and criminal indictments. The result is a fascinating study of American local politics and a surprising tale of a man who, in the words of one commentator, "has a city as his mistress."
Sponsored by the Brown Alumni Club of Westchester County

When & Where


175 Wolfs Lane
Pelham, 10803

Wednesday, May 14, 2008 from 7:30 PM to 10:30 PM (ET)


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Several years ago a group of concerned citizens in lower Westchester organized to save the 1920s Pelham Picture House, now listed on the NY State Register of Historic Places, from the wrecking ball. The Picture House, recently restored and renovated, is now an independent film and education center. The Picture House entertains audiences with great movies – indies, foreign films, classics, shorts, animated films and documentaries from around the world. By inviting, actors, directors, producers, screen writers, and film critics to discuss their work, we bring the back lot to our front door.