Community Calendar

Help us kick off the 2nd Annual Silver Pride Cinema Festival with Priscilla, Queen of the Desert: A Red Carpet Gay-La!

Come dressed in your most fabulous drag and ready to sip, snack, and celebrate in style. It’s an evening of glamour, community, and unapologetic joy.

At 8 PM, we’ll screen our opening night film, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.

Synopsis:
Two drag performers and a transgender woman embark on a dazzling journey across the Australian desert, bringing their bold, heartfelt cabaret to unexpected audiences along the way.

"Barbara Forever" is part of the 2nd annual Silver Pride Cinema Festival. This is a two day film festival for all queers and allies at Jengo's Playhouse from May 29-30, 2026.

Synopsis: An archive-driven exploration of the life, work, and legacy of iconic, pioneering lesbian filmmaker Barbara Hammer.

"Jimpa" is part of the 2nd annual Silver Pride Cinema Festival. This is a two day film festival for all queers and allies at Jengo's Playhouse from May 29-30, 2026.

Synopsis: Hannah and her non-binary teenager Frances visit her gay grandfather Jimpa in Amsterdam. Frances expresses a desire to stay with their grandfather for a year, challenging Hannah's parenting beliefs and forcing her to confront past issues.

Legacy is a short film chronicling the oral histories of the descendants of the United States Colored Troops by filmmaker Adam Alphin, produced by Daniel Jones and Heather Wilson of Cameron Art Museum. Legacy braids the narratives of several USCT soldiers: Ceasar Evans, a 19-year-old who escaped slavery to join the USCT and then resettled in the Cape Fear Region; Joseph Cherry and Jesse Smallwood, who after their service helped to build community in Indian Woods, outside of New Bern; Rev. William Hammond Hunter of the 4th USCT, whose service to the community of faith in Wilmington led to the founding of St. Stephen AME Church; and Charles H. Whitney of the 37th USCT, a white abolitionist from Massachusetts. Legacy captures the resilience of these men, the strength of the communities they built, and the impact that they have had on our region, our state, and our country.

This screening is part of the CAM at the Movies series, is a co-partnership screening with the Cameron Art Museum. A post-screening discussion will feature Alphin and Jones, offering insight into the film’s research and its connection to CAM’s ongoing interpretive work.

The Cinematique summer lineup begins July 10 with two screenings of Psycho, the genre-defining thriller that transformed horror filmmaking. Screenings will be followed by a discussion led by Juan Carlos Kase, Associate Professor and Chair of Film Studies at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. Stay after the matinee or show up early for the evening screening to enjoy the Cinematique Social Hour from 6pm-7:15pm in the Jengo's Bar (we'll provide the snacks!)

When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates cares for his housebound mother.

Celebrate Art House Theater Day at Jengo's Playhouse with a special screening of Sorry to Bother You on Thursday, July 30 at 4pm and 7:30pm.

Art House Theater Day is an annual celebration uniting independent cinemas and movie lovers around the world in support of the vibrant art house film community. This year’s Art House Theater Day Ambassador is Boots Riley, making this wildly original and sharply satirical debut feature the perfect centerpiece for the occasion.

Starring LaKeith Stanfield, Tessa Thompson, Danny Glover, Steven Yeun, and more, the genre-bending sci-fi comedy follows a young Black telemarketer who discovers the key to professional success by using his “white voice.” But as he rockets up the corporate ladder, he’s pulled into a bizarre conspiracy that forces him to decide between personal ambition and solidarity with his activist friends fighting to unionize.

Within the decadent walls of the Frankenstein mansion, the Baron and his depraved assistant Otto have discovered the means of creating new life. As the Baron's laboratory begins to fill up with stitched body parts, the Baroness dallies with the randy new manservant and soon the decadent, permissive household is consumed by an outrageous, bizarre and hilarious combination of death and dismemberment.

Flesh for Frankenstein was produced by Andy Warhol. This cult classic will be paired with a talk by CAM Associate Curator Ben Billingsley, exploring the film’s relationship to Andy Warhol: Silver Clouds, on view June 18 to September 27 at CAM. The program offers a deeper look at Warhol’s expansive practice and his influence across media, from visual art to film.