Director's Pick: 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'

All eyes are on the ocean this summer as “Jaws” celebrates its 50th anniversary. But after film director Steven Spielberg made everyone afraid to go into the water (and invented the modern blockbuster), he took us to the skies in “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” a film about an ordinary suburban dad making contact with extraterrestrial life. Join The Poitier Film School’s founding director Cheryl Boone Isaacs for a special screening of the sci-fi spectacle that kickstarted her storied career in film marketing and confirmed Spielberg to be a generational talent.

Following the screening, The Poitier Film School will be hosting a webinar conversation with Boone Isaacs about the film and its significance with future and prospective film students at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 31. Register here to join the conversation!