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Portland Museum of Art Announces October Film Screenings Including Raoul Peck Documentary

exhibition · 2026-03-14

The Portland Museum of Art's PMA Films program will present a series of screenings from October 8 to 19, 2025. Highlights include Raoul Peck's documentary 'Orwell: 2+2=5,' which adapts George Orwell's work with contemporary relevance, and an encore showing of 'The Last Class,' a film about educator Robert Reich. Other featured titles are 'Predators,' a documentary examining true crime media, 'The Summer Book,' an adaptation of Tove Jansson's novel, and Peter Weir's classic 'Picnic at Hanging Rock.' The schedule also includes free screenings of the Sundance Film Festival Indigenous Shorts tour on Indigenous Peoples Day. Programmer Chris Gray curated the selections, offering diverse cinematic works at the museum in Portland, Maine.

Key facts

  • Screenings run from October 8 to 19, 2025 at the Portland Museum of Art
  • Raoul Peck's 'Orwell: 2+2=5' uses George Orwell's texts with modern footage narrated by Damian Lewis
  • Encore screening of 'The Last Class' documents Robert Reich's final year teaching
  • Free Indigenous Shorts tour screenings on October 13 for Indigenous Peoples Day
  • Program includes documentaries, adaptations, and classic films curated by Chris Gray

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  • Portland, Maine
  • Gulf of Finland
  • Portland

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