Film
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GEEK CHIC
“Otaku Cinema Slam!” features recent Japanese films that celebrate otaku – geeks with monomaniacal pop-culture obsessions. Up next: A collection of short films by Koji Yamamura, who uses modeling clay, three-dimensional figures, photographs, and drawings to animate surreal stories. Highlights include Mr. Yamamura’s latest work, “The Old Crocodile,” which will make its North American premiere. Tomorrow, 6:30 p.m. Series: Through May 27, Japan Society, 333 E. 47th St., between First and Second avenues, 212-752-3015, $10 general, $5 seniors and students.
HISTORIC HEROINE
Disney’s 1995 version of “Pocahontas” is screened for families in Brooklyn. Saturday, 11 a.m., Brooklyn Public Library, Central Library, Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, 718-230-2100, free.
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