Weds, August 7th, 6:30pm – The drama, the subterfuge, the moral dilemma… This summer enjoy classic and modern movies about whistleblowers showing on select Wednesdays at the library in the Raytheon Room. Popcorn and lemonade provided. Feel free to bring your beach chair if it’s more comfortable for you!
August 7 – The Informant (2009), 1 hr, 48 min
A rising star in the agricultural industry suddenly turns whistleblower in hopes of gaining a lucrative promotion and becoming a hero of the common people, inadvertently revealing his penchant for helping himself to the corporate coffers and ultimately threatening to derail the very investigation he helped to launch in this offbeat comedy from Academy Award-winning director Steven Soderbergh.
August 28 – The Fifth Estate (2013), 2 hrs, 8 min
Triggering our age of high-stakes secrecy, explosive news leaks and the trafficking of classified information, WikiLeaks forever changed the game. Now, in a dramatic thriller based on real events, “The Fifth Estate” reveals the quest to expose the deceptions and corruptions of power that turned an Internet upstart into the 21st century’s most fiercely debated organization.