Movie: Polite Society

A merry mash up of sisterly affection, parental disappointment and bold action, Polite Society follows martial artist-in-training Ria Khan, who believes she must save her older sister Lena from her impending marriage. After enlisting the help of her friends, Ria attempts to pull off the most ambitious of all wedding heists in the name of independence and sisterhood. 

This PG-13 action/comedy movie was released in 2023 and is set in a wealthy Muslim enclave in London.  A New York Times Critic's Pick, this "exuberant genre mash-up borrows from everything — westerns, musicals, heist capers, horror, Jane Austen and James Bond — to tell the story of two sisters."

Film screenings are made possible by the Friends of the New Providence Memorial Library. Everyone is welcome.