Rivertown Film

06/17/2026

"Woody Guthrie and the Ghost of Tom Joad Today" SOLD OUT! at The Nyack Center. Filmmaker Greg Mitchell screened excerpts from his new film to benefit Rivertown's new Cash Reserve Fund. THANK YOU to Tom Chapin, Michael Mark, The Chapin Sisters, The All Together Now Chorus, Woody's granddaughter, Anna Canoni, writer Daniel Wolff, and all who came and contributed while Barrie Peterson and Bea Connor-Peterson's Cash Reserve Fund Matching Fund is still in effect. A beautiful night of movies and music for a cause. We also collected 100 lbs. of food for People to People - Feeding Rockland's Hungry and raised awareness of ProyectoFaro..

06/14/2026

Here's the trailer for Woody Guthrie and Woody Guthrie and The Ghost of Tom Joad Today, at Rivertown Film, excerpts of which are screening for the first time tomorrow night (ahead of the world premier at the Guthrie Center in Tulsa). Narration is by Rosanne Cash.

Included with this special screening are Live performances by
Tom Chapin
The Chapin Sisters
The All Together Now Chorus
and a “This Land is Your Land” sing along.

AND
Director Greg Mitchell will join a discussion with Woody’s granddaughter Anna Canoni and Daniel Wolff, author of “Grown-Up Anger: The Connected Mysteries of Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, and the Calumet Massacre of 1913.”

All tickets are $15, rising to $20 on June 15.

8:00 PM at the Nyack Center in Nyack.

This event is is a benefit for Rivertown Film Society’s 2026 Reserve Fund fundraising drive. Tickets and donations will be matched up to $10,000 by private donor.

06/12/2026

Thank you Nyack News And Views for today's story about Woody Guthrie at Shanks Village and subsequent political backlash. Guthrie had worked on The Grapes of Wrath with Will Geer (The Waltons), who was subsequently living in West Nyack and hosting folk musicians like Guthrie, Lead Belly and Burl Ives at his home. Tickets to Woody Guthrie and The Ghost of Tom Joad Today, at Rivertown Film , with performances by Tom Chapin, The Chapin Sisters, and the All Together Now Chorus, on Monday evening are selling fast, so purchase now before it's too late.

A celebration of Woody Guthrie and America’s 250th birthday with film clips, discussion, and live music from Tom Chapin, The Chapin Sisters, The All Together Now chorus, plus a sing out of “This Land Is Your Land”

06/08/2026

In The Christophers, at Rivertown Film on June 10, 8pm at the Nyack Center, the children of a once famous artist hire a forger to complete some long ago abandoned canvases so they'll have an inheritance when he dies. Dir. by Steven Soderbergh, with Ian McKellen, Cole, Jessica Gunning, 2025, UK/USA, 100 min.

“A film that could have settled for being a masterclass in technique, but instead goes deeper, exploring questions of artistry, authorship, legacy.” NPR

“The Christophers is largely a comedy, but it’s also about all that we gain and lose with age, and about how we sometimes need young people to bring us back to ourselves.” – Stephanie Zacharek, TIME.

Discussion after the film with Daly Flanagan, Executive Director of Rockland Center for the Arts.

Community Partner: Rockland Center for the Arts

06/06/2026

In The Christophers, at Rivertown Film on June 10, on June 10, 8pm at the Nyack Center, the children of a once famous artist hire a forger to complete some unfinished, long ago abandoned canvases so they'll have an inheritance when he dies. Directed by Steven Soderbergh, with Ian McKellen, Cole, Jessica Gunning, 2025, UK/USA, 100 min., rated R for language.Directed by Steven Soderbergh, with Ian McKellen, Michaela Cole, Jessica Gunning. 2025, UK/USA, 100 min., rated R for language.

“A film that could have settled for being a masterclass in technique, but instead goes deeper, exploring questions of artistry, authorship, legacy.” NPR

“The Christophers is largely a comedy, but it’s also about all that we gain and lose with age, and about how we sometimes need young people to bring us back to ourselves.” – Stephanie Zacharek, TIME.

Discussion after the film with Daly Flanagan, Executive Director of Rockland Center for the Arts.

Community Partner: Rockland Center for the Arts

06/05/2026

Featuring Woody Guthrie and The Ghost of Tom Joad Today, at Rivertown Film

A first preview anywhere of “Woody Guthrie and the Ghost of Tom Joad Today” with live music and speakers;