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The Palm Springs Art Museum, in partnership with the Palm Springs International Film Society, presents the Hot is Cool: Sizzling Summer Film Series.  The films include exhibition-specific movies and documentaries, feature films and other screenings that pertain to specific events.  Screening is free and open to the public.

Thursday, September 1st
Showtime: 7 PM
Annenberg Theater at the Palm Springs Art Museam

Film Synopsis

This film looks at life in the Bedford-Stuyvesant district of Brooklyn on a hot summer Sunday. As he does everyday, Sal Fragione opens the pizza parlor he's owned for 25 years. The neighborhood has changed considerably in the time he's been there and is now composed primarily of African-Americans and Hispanics. His son Pino hates it there and would like nothing better than to relocate the eatery to their own neighborhood. For Sal however, the restaurant represents something that is part of his life and sees it as a part of the community. What begins as a simple complaint by one of his customers, Buggin Out - who wonders why he has only pictures of famous Italian-Americans on the wall when most of his customers are black - eventually disintegrates into violence as frustration seemingly brings out the worst in everyone.

Event Details

Date: Sep 01 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.   Annenberg Theatre

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