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Film Series:

"Hillbilly Elegy"

2024-09-12 14:00:00 2024-09-12 16:00:00 America/New_York Film Series: Join us for a screening of the 2020 film adaptation of JD Vance's 2016 memoir. Ellen Coolidge Burke Branch Library - Meeting Room

Thursday, September 12
2:00pm - 4:00pm

Add to Calendar 2024-09-12 14:00:00 2024-09-12 16:00:00 America/New_York Film Series: Join us for a screening of the 2020 film adaptation of JD Vance's 2016 memoir. Ellen Coolidge Burke Branch Library - Meeting Room

Join us for a screening of the 2020 film adaptation of JD Vance's 2016 memoir.

"Hillbilly Elegy"

The film is about JD Vance, the Appalachian values of his family from Kentucky, and the socioeconomic problems of his hometown of Middletown, Ohio, where his mother's parents moved when they were young. It was directed by Ron Howard and starring Glenn Close and Amy Adams. Rated R 

AGE GROUP: | Seniors | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Movies & Film |

TAGS: | poverty | memoir | appalachia | alcoholism |

Ellen Coolidge Burke Branch Library

jlambert@alexlibraryva.org
Phone: 703.746.1704
Fax: 703.746.1775
Branch manager
Jherusha Lambert

Hours
Mon, Mar 31 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Tue, Apr 01 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Wed, Apr 02 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Thu, Apr 03 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Fri, Apr 04 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Sat, Apr 05 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Sun, Apr 06 1:00PM to 5:00PM

About the branch

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There is a library parking lot available.

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  • Metrorail: King Street Station
  • Metrobus: 28A
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Sat, Apr 12, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
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