12 ANGRY MEN (1957) | FREE Electric Film Series Screening

The Electric Film Series returns to the Electric Theater on Tuesday, May 21st at 6 PM (Doors at 5:30 PM) with a screening of a true masterwork from the 50s; “12 Angry Men” (1957)

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From the great Sidney Lumet comes this powerful drama that delves into a New York murder trial. What initially looks to be an open and shut case is anything but as a single jury member challenges his fellow jury members to carefully take a harder look at the trial. “12 Angry Men” boasts a stellar ensemble including the likes of Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, E.G. Marshall, Jack Warden, and Jack Klugman, just to name a precious few. This is a thought-provoking film that AV Club’s Noel Murray suggests “is a study of how ordinary men take their jury duty as an opportunity to vent about the injustice they see around them every day.” This is…