MONDAY, AUGUST 8

GRAVITAS VENTURES

MACK & RITA

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

When 30-year-old Mack (Elizabeth Lail) reluctantly joins a bachelorette party in Palm Springs for her best friend Carla (Taylour Paige), she wanders off and falls asleep. When Mack wakes, she is 70-year-old “Aunt Rita” (Diane Keaton). Freed from the constraints of other people's expectations, she comes into her own and sparks a romance with Mack's dog-sitter, Jack (Dustin Milligan).

Q&A immediately following with director Katie Aselton.

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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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The Virtual KCET Cinema Series is made possible by ticket sales, membership passes, and sponsorships. To discuss sponsorship opportunities by individuals, businesses or charitable foundations, please contact Michele Garza, series producer, at mgarza@pmgsocal.org. The Virtual KCET Cinema Series is presented by E. Hofert Dailey Trust and Mitzi Ash Blahd. To learn more about the KCET Cinema Series, or to register to attend the upcoming film screenings, please visit kcet.org/cinemaseries. Join the conversation on social media using #KCETCinemaSeries.