The Artist in Society, a documentary film series, is set to continue Mondays through Aug. 25 at Princeton Public Library.
The series focuses on the way artists challenge boundaries and perceive their role in society.
Films are scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. in the library’s Community Room, 65 Witherspoon St., Princeton.
Kiss the Water is scheduled for July 21. Director Eric Steel explores the life and art of Megan Boyd who for decades perfected the craft of flymaking for fishermen on the edge of the Scottish coast. Hailed as some of the best flies ever made, they have garnered her and her techniques an almost cult status. With a mix of cinematography and hand-painted animation, the film captures the beauty and mysticism of both Boyd and the fly-fishing art.
A question and answer session with Steel is set to follow the film.
Twenty Feet from Stardom is scheduled for July 28. Filmmaker Morgan Neville pays homage to some of the greatest vocalists you’ve never heard of in this documentary. While the lead singers in rock, pop, and R&B are the ones who get the glory, knowledgeable music fans will tell you the backing vocalists often add the touches that make a performance truly memorable.
Herb and Dorothy 50X50 is scheduled for Aug. 4. This is a follow up to director Magumi Sasaki’s documentary about Herb and Dorothy Vogel, a postal clerk and librarian respectively, who managed to build one of the most important contemporary art collections in history. The film follows the Vogels around the country as they launch an unprecedented project giving artworks to one museum in all 50 states.
Princeton University Art Museum director James Steward is set to introduce the film and lead a post-screening discussion.
Cutie and the Boxer is scheduled for Aug. 11. This candid New York love story explores the chaotic 40-year marriage of famed boxing painter Ushio Shinohara and his wife Norike. Anxious to shed her role as her overbearing husband’s assistant, Noriko finds an identify of her own.
Dance for Me is scheduled for Aug. 18.
This 2013 Danish documentary follows two young and deeply passionate dancers. Fourteen-year-old Mie is one of Denmark’s top dancers, and the Russian Egor lives with Mie and her mother. The duo appear to be perfect together. But Egor is having trouble adjusting to his new home, and Mie and her mother also have to get used to the new family member.
Katrine Philp follows the young dancers during competitions, at rehearsals, in the dressing room and also at home where Mie and Egor have been living for a year like brother and sister.
Six by Sondheim is scheduled for Aug. 25. This HBO television documentary pays tribute to Broadway composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim. Directed by Tony Award-winner James Lapine, the film is a profile of the composer told through the creation and performance of six of his iconic songs. It weaves dozens of interviews with the composer, rarely seen archival material spanning more than half a century and re-staging’s of three songs produced especially for the film.
Princeton University’s Lewis Center theatre professor and Princeton Atelier director Stacy Wolf is set to lead a post-screening discussion.
More information is online at princetonlibrary.org
