In the Heights will screen in Riverside Park on Friday, September 18th. The screening is free and will be outdoors in the park just north of the 96th Street Tennis Courts. The screening begins at 7:30pm.
This feature presentation is being hosted by New Friends of Metro Theater and Riverside Park Conservancy. NFoMT is the organization behind the project to turn the old historic Metro Theater into the Uptown Film Center.
In the Heights is Lin-Manuel Miranda's musical brought to the big screen. The 2021 film was directed by Jon Chu and stars Anthony Ramos, Melissa Barrera, Corey Hawkins, and Leslie Grace.
In Washington Heights, a sympathetic New York bodega owner saves every penny every day as he imagines and sings about a better life.