Join LHL staff for a film series that explores Darwin’s portrayal in movies. All films will be shown in the library’s auditorium. The film series is free and open to the public.

April 11, 2009, 1 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Darwin's Dangerous Idea (1991)
WGBH Boston – Run time: 120 minutes

"This program interweaves the drama in key moments of Darwin's life with documentary sequences of current research, linking past to present and introducing major concepts of evolutionary theory." – Nova

April 18, 2009, 1 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Inherit The Wind (1960)
MGM – Run time: 128 minutes

A courtroom drama, based on the 1925 Scopes "Monkey" trial, features Spencer Tracy, Fredric March and Gene Kelly.

April 25, 2009, 1 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Alfred Russel Wallace: One in a Generation (2003)
Barebone Films – Run time: 50 minutes

"In a time when evolution was an unaccepted theory, Alfred Russel Wallace (1823 – 1913) explored regions across the world to prove his beliefs about the origin of species." – Barebonefilms.com

Trog (1970)
Warner Brothers – Run time: 93 minutes

Joan Crawford, in her last starring role, plays anthropologist Dr. Brockton who discovers a "missing link" caveman.