WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Thursday, March 21, the Clark Art Institute hosts a free screening of the 1966 film "Fahrenheit 451" as part of the Williamstown Public Library 150th Anniversary Film Series. 

 

The Clark shows the film at 6 pm in its auditorium, located in the Manton Research Center.

 

According to a press release:

 

Adapted from the Ray Bradbury novel and directed by Francois Truffaut, "Fahrenheit 451" imagines a future society that has banned all reading material. Firemen work to keep the fires at the temperature that paper burns. However, after one of them meets a book-loving girl, he begins to rethink his work and his whole world.

 

In celebration of the sesquicentennial of the Williamstown Library, this film series explores the transformative power of reading. The next film screening in the Williamstown Public Library 150th Anniversary Film Series is 84 Charing Cross Road on March 28 at 6 pm.

 

Free. Accessible seats available.