Cinema series

Art & Film

A monthly programme of documentaries on artists and the making of art, presented by Pentangle Arts in collaboration with Hall Art Foundation and followed by conversation in the hall.

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Season membership

Art & Film Series Pass

$125

Passes are sold through the Pentangle box office — an online link is not published yet. Contact Pentangle to reserve one.

What the pass includes

Admission to all monthly Art & Film screenings
Four general-admission tickets to Pentangle feature films
A Pentangle mug or tote
A Hall Art Foundation publication
Two admission tickets to Hall Art Foundation

This season

Presented with Hall Art Foundation · The third Wednesday of every month

Wednesday, October 21, 2026 · 6:00 PM

The Airwaves Belonged to the People: WBCN & The American Revolution

2019 · 2 hr 5 min · Directed by Bill Lichtenstein

A documentary history of Boston radio station WBCN and the counterculture that grew around it, tracing how an experimental FM station became a voice for music, politics, activism, and social change during a turbulent era.

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Wednesday, November 18, 2026 · 6:00 PM

Alice Neel

2007 · 1 hr 21 min · Directed by Andrew Neel

Director Andrew Neel creates an intimate portrait of his grandmother, painter Alice Neel, exploring the uncompromising artist behind her psychologically revealing portraits and the complicated family history surrounding her life and work.

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Film details