Film
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ABOUT VAN PEEBLES Filmmaker Joe Angio, producer Michael Solomon, and Melvin Van Peebles appear in person at a screening of the new film “How To Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (And Enjoy It),” a portrait of the multi-talented Mr. Van Peebles: He has been an Air Force officer, San Francisco cable car conductor, novelist in French, film director, Tony-nominated Broadway playwright, and Wall Street trader. Friday, 7:30 p.m., Film Forum, 209 W. Houston St., between Sixth Avenue and Varick Street, 212-727-8110, $10 general, $5 members and children under 12.
MOUNTAIN MOVIE The film “North West Frontier” (1959) is screened as part of the series Hollywood in the Himalayas. Lauren Bacall and Kenneth More star in an adventure set in turn-of-the-century British India. Tomorrow, 7 p.m., Rubin Museum of Art, 150 W. 17th St., between Sixth and Seventh avenues, 212-620-5000 ext. 344, free admission, $12 food or drink minimum.
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