Please join us for the Malden Reads Film Screening about The Peanut Butter Falcon. We will be showing this film at the Malden Public Library on Wednesday, March 13, 2024: 6:00-8:15pm. We will also be showing a 15-minute preview of the excellent disabilities rights documentary, Lives Worth Living.

These films are part of Malden Reads’ 2024 season of events for the book, Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir Of A Disability Rights Activist, by Judith Heumann.

The Peanut Butter Falcon: “After running away from a residential nursing home to pursue his dream of becoming a pro wrestler, a man who has Down syndrome befriends an outlaw who becomes his coach and ally.” The film is Rated PG-13 (97 min.) (2019) 95% on Rotten Tomatoes.

You can pick up a copy of Being Heumann at the Malden Public Library. The e-book and e-audiobook is also available on the Libby app with your Malden, Boston, or Chelsea Public Library card here:

https://bpl.overdrive.com/search?query=Being%20Heumann

For more details about our Malden Reads Film Screening events, please contact the Malden Public Library at 781-324-0218. Light refreshments will be served. This event is co-sponsored by Malden Reads and Malden Public Library.