The Nine
7:30 p.m. | Hammer Museum, Billy Wilder Theater
Born from director Katy Grannan’s own work as a photographer, The Nine is an intimate portrait of a ravaged community living on Modesto’s South Ninth Street—“The Nine”—a barren street in California’s Central Valley. The film focuses on Kiki, an effervescent and childlike drifter, whose only means of escape is through her imagination. Grannan’s evocative depiction of “impressions rather than facts” (New Yorker) is a quiet elegy to a forgotten and abandoned place. (2016, dir. Katy Grannan, 118 min.)
A Q&A with the director follows the screening.
Event Date: Thursday, Feb. 2, 7:30 p.m.
Venue: Hammer Museum, Billy Wilder Theater
Price: Free
The Hammer is located at the corner of Westwood and Wilshire boulevards in Westwood Village, three blocks east of the 405 freeway’s Wilshire exit.
Parking is available under the museum.