Winter Film Series
We are looking forward to the Friends' sponsored Winter Film Series to be held at the Salt Pond Visitor Center beginning January 25, 2026. This year’s films honor the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States.
For the 2026 season, events will be held Sundays from January 25–March 1 at 1 p.m. The Salt Pond amphitheater is located at 50 Nauset Road, Eastham, MA. The snow date is March 8.
Questions? Reach out at events@fccns.org
Hamilton
January 25. A filmed version of the monster hit Broadway play Hamilton, starring the original Broadway cast, including composer Lin-Manuel Miranda. The filming of the performance took place in 2016; it appeared in theaters and on Disney+ in 2020. The musical is based on the life of founding father Alexander Hamilton. The play follows the first treasurer of the United States of America from his arrival in New York City in 1776, through the American Revolution, the government’s founding, until his untimely death by duel in 1804. Rated PG-13 (2h 40m)
Lincoln
February 1. Stephen Spielberg’s Lincoln (2012) chronicles the 1865 effort by the sixteenth president to abolish slavery before the end of the Civil War. The film tells the story of the passage of the landmark 13th Amendment to the Constitution and Lincoln’s political gymnastics to convince a reluctant Congress to end the practice of involuntary servitude in the United States. The movie has a stellar cast including Daniel Day-Lewis as Lincoln, Tommy Lee Jones as Thaddeus Stevens, and Sally Field as Mary Todd Lincoln. Rated PG-13 (2h 30m)
Apollo 13
February 8. This 1995 film is based on the events of the April, 1970 Apollo 13 lunar mission. Astronauts Jim Lovell, Fred Haise and Jack Swigert were nearing lunar orbit when an oxygen tank exploded, threatening their oxygen supply that resulted in the mission being scrubbed. The follows the crew and NASA engineers as they problem solve to get the crew safely back to Earth. The film stars Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, the late Bill Paxton and Gary Sinise. Rated PG. (2h, 20m)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112384/?ref_=fn_t_1
https://airandspace.si.edu/explore/stories/apollo-missions/apollo-13
All the President’s Men
February 15. As campaigning for the 1972 presidential elections takes place, Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward covers a seemingly minor break-in at the Democratic Party National headquarters at the Watergate Hotel in Washington, D.C. When he attends an arraignment of the alleged burglars, he discovers that top lawyers are already on the defense case. Woodward then discovers ties between the burglars, the attorneys and the committee to re-elect President Richard Nixon. Washington Post Editor Ben Bradley assigns reporter Carl Bernstein to the story and the pair ultimately uncover a trail of evidence leading to President Nixon. The result of the scandal was the first and only resignation of an American president. The film (1976) stars the late Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman. Rated PG (2h 18m)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074119/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_in_0_q_All%2520the%2520President.
http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/all-the-presidents-men-1976
Bonnie and Clyde
February 22. Bonnie and Clyde (1967) tells the 1934 Depression Era story of the infamous crime duo of Bonnie and Clyde. Bonnie Parker, a waitress, and Clyde Barrow, a criminal just released from prison, decide to join forces to embark on a life of crime, holding up whatever establishments, primarily banks, to make money–and to have fun. However, the criminals’ lives change after their first fatal shot is fired. The Barrow gang went on a violent robbery and killing spree–and entered American folklore in the process. The film stars Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty. Rated R (1h, 51m)
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/bonnie_and_clyde
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061418/?ref_=fn_i_1
https://blogs.bu.edu/guidedhistory/historians-craft/morgan-barry/
True Grit
March 1. This 2010 version tells the story of Mattie Ross. Following the murder of her father by hired hand Tom Chaney, 14-year-old farm girl Mattie sets out to capture the killer. To aid her, she hires the toughest U.S. marshal she can find, a man with "true grit," Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn. Mattie insists on accompanying Cogburn, whose drinking, sloth, and generally reprobate character do not augment her faith in him. Against his wishes, she joins him in his trek into the Indian Nations in search of Chaney. They are joined by Texas Ranger LaBoeuf, who wants Chaney for his own purposes. The unlikely trio find danger and surprises on the journey, and each has his or her "grit" tested.—Jim Beaver Rated PG (1h, 50m)