WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20th

THE DUKE

FILM: 7:00 PM (PDT) | Q&A: 8:35 PM (PDT)

A British comedy-drama film about the only art theft in the history of the National Gallery in London: the 1961 theft of Goya’s Portrait of the Duke of Wellington, and true story of the 60-year old taxi driver who stole it. The mystery of the painting’s disappearance so electrified the British media that there was even a gag about it in the James Bond film, DR NO. Stars Academy Award-winners Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren, with Fionn Whitehead, Anna Maxwell Martin and Matthew Goode. 

Q&A immediately following with actor and KCET Lumière Award recipient Helen Mirren.

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HELEN MIRREN | Actor

Helen Mirren is one of the best known and most respected actresses with an international career that spans stage, screen and television and has won many awards for her powerful and versatile performances, including the Academy Award in 2007 for her performance in The Queen.

PETE HAMMOND | Host of the KCET Cinema Series

Pete is currently the Chief Film Critic for Deadline Hollywood. For the past 9 years he has also been Awards Editor and Columnist for Deadline where he covers the Oscar and Emmy Seasons. He came to Deadline from the Los Angeles Times where he covered the awards seasons for The Envelope and LA Times.com. He is widely considered to be one of the pre-eminent awards season analysts for film and television.

MICHELE GARZA | Producer of the KCET Cinema Series

Michele Garza is Senior Director of Special Events for KCET and PBS SoCal, both content channels of the Public Media Group of Southern California. She is the founder and producer of the KCET Cinema Series and the Earth Focus Environmental Film Festival, and has more than 20 years of experience in public media. 

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