Special Documentary Screening - The Old Home Comes Down

Sunday, November 13 at 2:00 p.m. - THE OLD HOME COMES DOWN; Rough-cut documentary

"A noble endeavor" - John Black Lee (after screening the promotional trailer for the film)

The Old Home Comes Down: Preserving The Past Versus Engineering A Future is a documentary film that specifically looks at the demolition trend, over the past decade, in Fairfield County. Interviews have been conducted with builders, preservationists, town officials and architects - including, Mid-Century modern architects John Johansen and John Black Lee.

This film is produced by Emmy-award winning New Canaan resident John Murphy. John has worked in the broadcast news industry (CNN, NBC) for over 20 years.

A Q&A with the John Murphy, Williams Earls, author of The Harvard Five in New Canaan, and Rob Purdy, Owner of Cambridge Builders Inc. of New Canaan will follow the screening.

Additional parking for evening and weekend Library programs on Thorndal Circle (behind Nielsen’s).