Film
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SUNSCREEN The nonprofit center Solar One presents a solar powered film series at its outdoor eco-theater featuring movies by local directors. Tonight’s selection is “Gotham Fish Tales,” a documentary about the lives of New York City professional fisherman. Director Robert Maass joins several of the film’s subjects for a question-and-answer session after the screening (tonight). Up next: Peter Friedman’s “Mana-Beyond Belief,” about a trip around the world with stops in New Zealand and the House of Representatives (July 28). Thursdays, 8:45 p.m., Stuyvesant Cove Park at East 23rd Street and FDR Drive, 212-688-4800, $6.
MNOUCHKINE’S MOLIERE The director of the theater company Theatre du Soleil, Ariane Mnouchkine, discusses her work before a screening of “Au soleil meme la nuit” (1997), a documentary about the company’s production of Moliere’s “Tartuffe” (tomorrow, 3 p.m.). The next day, her rarely shown film “Moliere” (1978), a four-hour examination of the French playwright’s life, is screened as part of the Lincoln Center Festival (Saturday, 1 p.m.). Both events: Lincoln Center, Bruno Walter Auditorium, 40 Lincoln Center Plaza at West 63rd Street, 212-642-0142, free, first-come, first-served.
DISABILITIES ON FILM The Brooklyn International Disability Film Festival, the first of its kind to be held in New York, screens full-length features and shorts by and about people with disabilities. The opening night program includes a selection of shorts and the hour-long film “Kiss My Wheels.” The festival commemorates the 15th anniversary of the passage of the Americans With Disabilities Act. Friday, 7-9:30 p.m., Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., 7-9 p.m., Sunday, noon-5 p.m., Long Island University Brooklyn campus, 1 University Plaza, between DeKalb and Flatbush avenues, 718-488-1406, $10 one session, $20 one-day pass, $30 two days, $40 all screenings. Note: children under 12, students, and seniors receive half off. For a full schedule, go to www.brooklyn.liu.edu/bidff.
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