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Dahomey
Harris Theater
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
From acclaimed filmmaker Mati Diop (Atlantics), DAHOMEY is a poetic and immersive documentary that delves into real perspectives on far-reaching issues surrounding appropriation, self-determination and restitution.
Heroineburgh Customfest
Harris Theater
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
Heroineburgh, the Pittsburgh superheroine TV series, has 4 comics and 3 seasons of full-length episodes. The production also released many short custom 'minisodes' of with fan-created, character-specific scenarios. This screening features 11 of them.
Basquiat - Black and White Version
Harris Theater
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
Visual artist and filmmaker Julian Schnabel creates an evocative personal rendering of Jean-Michel Basquiat via a series of vignettes, tracing his turn from street kid graffiti artist to one of the most influential artists of the 20th century.
Body Double
Harris Theater
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
Brian De Palma's 1984 erotic thriller, that critics were too quick to judge, creates an unforgettable experience which pays obvious tribute to the works of Alfred Hitchcock and yet remains completely his own stylistic vision of filmmaking.

    

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About the Harris Theater

The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust's Harris Theater is one of the most active arts facilities in the region showing art films nearly every day of the year.

Formerly known as the Art Cinema, the Harris Theater represents a milestone in the redevelopment of Liberty Avenue. The Art Cinema was the first moving picture house in Pittsburgh to commercially show art movies until competition from other city theaters led to its conversion to an adult movie house in the 1960s. As part of its mission to transform the Cultural District, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust purchased and restored the facility leading to further conversions of run-down properties along the Liberty Avenue corridor. With a total of 194 seats, including a fully restored balcony, the Harris Theater officially opened to the public for movies and live performances on November 9, 1995. The theater is one of the few that has retained 35mm film projectors that are utilized regularly.

The Harris was named through a gift from the Buhl Foundation after John P. Harris, co-founder of the Nickelodeon—the first theater solely dedicated to the showing of motion pictures—and a Pennsylvania State Senator. The Harris Theater features contemporary, foreign, and classic films.

Films For All

The Harris Theater has installed the necessary equipment to provide closed movie captioning and audio description to patrons for digital films that offer these features. Films with captioning and audio description available will be noted when available.

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Concessions

Concessions are available for all screenings and the Harris Theater is now BYOB. Guests who bring alcoholic beverages must be 21 years or older and provide valid photo ID upon request, a $5 charge will be issued per guest.

Directions

The address is 809 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222. Call the Harris directly at 412-930-8053.


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