The Museum is closed to the public today and tomorrow (May 1 & 2) for Oaks and Derby celebrations. We will reopen Sunday, May 3 at 12 pm.

Cinema

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				0 events 1 0 events, 1	0 events 2 0 events, 2	2 events 3 2 events, 3 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm WTO/99 at Speed Cinema May 3 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm WTO/99 at Speed Cinema WTO/99 Directed by Ian Bell Sunday, May 3, 1 pm, CINEMA+ \| BUY TICKETS With a post-screening community discussion moderated by Dr. Angela Storey, Director, Anne Braden Institute for Social Justice Research featuring panelists Heather Fox, Director, Oral History Center, and Manuscript Archivist, University of Louisville Archives & Special Collections; K.A. Owens - Co-Chair, Kentucky […], 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm Hello Dankness at Speed Cinema May 3 @ 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm Hello Dankness at Speed Cinema Hello Dankness Directed by Soda Jerk Sunday, May 3, 3:30 pm \| BUY TICKETS $12 \| $8 Speed members “Hello Dankness belongs to a venerable underground-film tradition of treating refracted entertainment as a mirror for society.”—Ben Kenigsberg, New York Times Hello Dankness is a political fable that bears witness to the psychotropic spectacle of American politics from 2016 […]
0 events 4 0 events, 4	0 events 5 0 events, 5	0 events 6 0 events, 6	0 events 7 0 events, 7	1 event 8 1 event, 8 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Kontinental ‘25 at Speed Cinema May 8 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Kontinental ‘25 at Speed Cinema Kontinental ‘25 Directed by Radu Jude Friday, May 8, 6 pm \| BUY TICKETS $12 \| $8 Speed members “A smart, scathing masterwork about our modern madness.” —Nick Schager, The Daily Beast Celebrated writer/director Radu Jude (Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World) is back with a sharp critique of capitalism, housing, labor, […]	2 events 9 2 events, 9 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm American Dream at Speed Cinema May 9 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm American Dream at Speed Cinema Barbara Kopple X 2/New 4K Restoration American Dream Directed by Barbara Kopple Saturday, May 9, 3 pm \| BUY TICKETS $12 \| $8 Speed members “A bracing hybrid, a documentary and a lamentation for those who create the country’s wealth at the cost of their own dignity.” —The Washington Post Winner of the 1991 Academy Award […], 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Kontinental ‘25 at Speed Cinema May 9 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Kontinental ‘25 at Speed Cinema Kontinental ‘25 Directed by Radu Jude Saturday, May 9, 6 pm \| BUY TICKETS $12 \| $8 Speed members “A smart, scathing masterwork about our modern madness.” —Nick Schager, The Daily Beast Celebrated writer/director Radu Jude (Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World) is back with a sharp critique of capitalism, housing, labor, […]	1 event 10 1 event, 10 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm Harlan County USA at Speed Cinema May 10 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm Harlan County USA at Speed Cinema Barbara Kopple X 2/New 4K Restoration Harlan County USA Directed by Barbara Kopple Sunday, May 10, 3 pm \| BUY TICKETS $12 \| $8 Speed members “Articulate, indomitable, courageous… the film retains all its power.” —Roger Ebert Barbara Kopple’s Academy Award–winning Harlan County USA unflinchingly documents a grueling coal miners’ strike in a small Kentucky town. With unprecedented […]
0 events 11 0 events, 11	0 events 12 0 events, 12	1 event 13 1 event, 13 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm A Woman of the World X Pearl Jam at Speed Cinema May 13 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm A Woman of the World X Pearl Jam at Speed Cinema Silents Synced A Woman of the World X Pearl Jam Directed by Mal St. Clair Wednesday, May 13, 6 pm \| BUY TICKETS $12 \| $8 Speed and LPM members Silents Synced is back pairing the early cinematic comedy starring Pola Negri as a bold trendsetter with the rocking contemporary score by Pearl Jam. Celebrating its 100th anniversary, A […]	1 event 14 1 event, 14 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence at Speed Cinema May 14 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence at Speed Cinema Science on Screen® Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence Directed by Mamoru Oshii Thursday, May 14, 6 pm CINEMA+ \| BUY TICKETS $12 \| $8 Speed members “Mamoru Oshii’s 2004 follow-up to his 1995 anime noir is that rare sequel that surpasses the original.” —Andrea Gronvall, Chicago Reader In the year 2032, the line between humans and […]	1 event 15 1 event, 15 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Tetsuo: The Iron Man at Speed Cinema May 15 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Tetsuo: The Iron Man at Speed Cinema Essential Cinema/New Restoration Tetsuo: The Iron Man Directed by Shinya Tsukamoto Friday, May 15, 6 pm \| BUY TICKETS $12 \| $8 Speed members “Metallic mayhem and graphic depravity fly thick and fast in the mind-melting 30-year-old Japanese body-horror benchmark.” —Lou Thomas, BFI Virtually absent from theater screens since the 1990s, this underground classic from Japan is […]	2 events 16 2 events, 16 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Tetsuo: The Iron Man at Speed Cinema May 16 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Tetsuo: The Iron Man at Speed Cinema Essential Cinema/New Restoration Tetsuo: The Iron Man Directed by Shinya Tsukamoto Saturday, May 16, 3 pm \| BUY TICKETS $12 \| $8 Speed members “Metallic mayhem and graphic depravity fly thick and fast in the mind-melting 30-year-old Japanese body-horror benchmark.” —Lou Thomas, BFI Virtually absent from theater screens since the 1990s, this underground classic from Japan is […], 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Burst City at Speed Cinema May 16 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Burst City at Speed Cinema Essential Cinema Burst City Directed by Gakuryū Ishii Saturday, May 16, 6 pm \| BUY TICKETS “Burst City resolutely puts the punk into the Japanese cyberpunk movement that emerged in the early 1980s.” —Budd Wilkins, Slant Fans of Tetsuo: The Iron Man take note! An early landmark in cyberpunk cinema, Burst City is an experimental, dystopian musical from underground filmmaker Gakuryū (formerly […]	1 event 17 1 event, 17 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Burst City at Speed Cinema May 17 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Burst City at Speed Cinema Essential Cinema Burst City Directed by Gakuryū Ishii Sunday, May 17, 3 pm \| BUY TICKETS “Burst City resolutely puts the punk into the Japanese cyberpunk movement that emerged in the early 1980s.” —Budd Wilkins, Slant Fans of Tetsuo: The Iron Man take note! An early landmark in cyberpunk cinema, Burst City is an experimental, dystopian musical from underground filmmaker Gakuryū (formerly […]
0 events 18 0 events, 18	0 events 19 0 events, 19	0 events 20 0 events, 20	0 events 21 0 events, 21	1 event 22 1 event, 22 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Two Prosecutors (Zwei Staatsanwälte) at Speed Cinema May 22 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Two Prosecutors (Zwei Staatsanwälte) at Speed Cinema Two Prosecutors (Zwei Staatsanwälte) Directed by Sergei Loznitsa Friday, May 22, 6 pm \| BUY TICKETS $12 \| $8 Speed members “What’s most startling about the film for me, however, is not the Russian history and filmmaking per se, but the relevance Two Prosecutors has to our present day.” —Marjorie Baumgarten, Austin Chronicle The latest film from the great Ukrainian […]	2 events 23 2 events, 23 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Two Prosecutors (Zwei Staatsanwälte) at Speed Cinema May 23 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Two Prosecutors (Zwei Staatsanwälte) at Speed Cinema Two Prosecutors (Zwei Staatsanwälte) Directed by Sergei Loznitsa Saturday, May 23, 3 pm \| BUY TICKETS $12 \| $8 Speed members “What’s most startling about the film for me, however, is not the Russian history and filmmaking per se, but the relevance Two Prosecutors has to our present day.” —Marjorie Baumgarten, Austin Chronicle The latest film from the great Ukrainian […], 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Pompei: Below the Clouds (Sotto le nuvole) at Speed Cinema May 23 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Pompei: Below the Clouds (Sotto le nuvole) at Speed Cinema Pompei: Below the Clouds (Sotto le nuvole) Directed by Gianfranco Rosi Saturday, May 23, 6 pm \| BUY TICKETS $12 \| $8 Speed members “A rewarding, wryly funny mosaic of a turbulent city, flanked by volcanoes and rich with stories.” —Wendy Ide, Observer From award-winning filmmaker Gianfranco Rosi comes Pompei: Below the Clouds, a striking portrait of life in Naples, […]	1 event 24 1 event, 24 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Pompei: Below the Clouds (Sotto le nuvole) at Speed Cinema May 24 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Pompei: Below the Clouds (Sotto le nuvole) at Speed Cinema Pompei: Below the Clouds (Sotto le nuvole) Directed by Gianfranco Rosi Sunday, May 24, 3 pm \| BUY TICKETS $12 \| $8 Speed members “A rewarding, wryly funny mosaic of a turbulent city, flanked by volcanoes and rich with stories.” —Wendy Ide, Observer From award-winning filmmaker Gianfranco Rosi comes Pompei: Below the Clouds, a striking portrait of life in Naples, […]
0 events 25 0 events, 25	0 events 26 0 events, 26	0 events 27 0 events, 27	0 events 28 0 events, 28	1 event 29 1 event, 29 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Our Land (Nuestra Tierra) at Speed Cinema May 29 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Our Land (Nuestra Tierra) at Speed Cinema Our Land (Nuestra Tierra) Directed by Lucrecia Martel Friday, May 29, 6 pm \| BUY TICKETS $12 \| $8 Speed and Women in Film-KY members In October 2009, Javier Chocobar, a member of the indigenous Chuchagasta community in northwest Argentina’s Tucumán Province, tried to defend himself and his people from being forcibly evicted from their land by […]	3 events 30 3 events, 30 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Exhibition on Screen: Frida Kahlo at Speed Cinema May 30 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Exhibition on Screen: Frida Kahlo at Speed Cinema Exhibition on Screen Frida Kahlo Directed by Ali Ray Saturday, May 30, 1 pm \| BUY TICKETS $12 \| $10 Speed members Frida Kahlo is a phenomenon. She is arguably the world’s favourite female artist – beloved by young and old. Exhibition on Screen’s award-winning film – first released during COVID to a restricted audience – […], 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Our Land (Nuestra Tierra) at Speed Cinema May 30 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Our Land (Nuestra Tierra) at Speed Cinema Our Land (Nuestra Tierra) Directed by Lucrecia Martel Saturday, May 30, 3 pm \| BUY TICKETS $12 \| $8 Speed and Women in Film-KY members In October 2009, Javier Chocobar, a member of the indigenous Chuchagasta community in northwest Argentina’s Tucumán Province, tried to defend himself and his people from being forcibly evicted from their land by […], 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Everybody to Kenmure Street at Speed Cinema May 30 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Everybody to Kenmure Street at Speed Cinema Everybody to Kenmure Street Directed by Felipe Bustos Sierra Saturday, May 30, 6 pm \| BUY TICKETS $12 \| $8 Speed members “A vital and inspiring portrait of spontaneous collective action.”—IndieWire In May 2021, a U.K. Home Office dawn raid triggered one of the most spontaneous and successful acts of civil resistance in recent memory. In […]	2 events 31 2 events, 31 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Exhibition on Screen: Frida Kahlo at Speed Cinema May 31 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Exhibition on Screen: Frida Kahlo at Speed Cinema Exhibition on Screen Frida Kahlo Directed by Ali Ray Sunday, May 31, 1 pm \| BUY TICKETS $12 \| $10 Speed members Frida Kahlo is a phenomenon. She is arguably the world’s favourite female artist – beloved by young and old. Exhibition on Screen’s award-winning film – first released during COVID to a restricted audience – […], 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm Everybody to Kenmure Street at Speed Cinema May 31 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm Everybody to Kenmure Street at Speed Cinema Everybody to Kenmure Street Directed by Felipe Bustos Sierra Sunday, May 31, 3 pm \| BUY TICKETS $12 \| $8 Speed members “A vital and inspiring portrait of spontaneous collective action.”—IndieWire In May 2021, a U.K. Home Office dawn raid triggered one of the most spontaneous and successful acts of civil resistance in recent memory. In […]

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May 3

May 3 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

WTO/99 at Speed Cinema

May 3 @ 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm

Hello Dankness at Speed Cinema

May 8

May 8 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Kontinental ‘25 at Speed Cinema

May 9

May 9 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm

American Dream at Speed Cinema

May 9 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Kontinental ‘25 at Speed Cinema

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May 8

May 8 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Kontinental ‘25 at Speed Cinema

May 9

May 9 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm

American Dream at Speed Cinema

May 9 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Kontinental ‘25 at Speed Cinema

May 10

May 10 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Harlan County USA at Speed Cinema

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May 13

May 13 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

A Woman of the World X Pearl Jam at Speed Cinema

May 14

May 14 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence at Speed Cinema

May 15

May 15 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Tetsuo: The Iron Man at Speed Cinema

May 16

May 16 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Tetsuo: The Iron Man at Speed Cinema

May 16 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Burst City at Speed Cinema

May 17

May 17 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Burst City at Speed Cinema

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May 22

May 22 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Two Prosecutors (Zwei Staatsanwälte) at Speed Cinema

May 23

May 23 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Two Prosecutors (Zwei Staatsanwälte) at Speed Cinema

May 23 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Pompei: Below the Clouds (Sotto le nuvole) at Speed Cinema

May 24

May 24 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Pompei: Below the Clouds (Sotto le nuvole) at Speed Cinema

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May 29

May 29 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Our Land (Nuestra Tierra) at Speed Cinema

May 30

May 30 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Exhibition on Screen: Frida Kahlo at Speed Cinema

May 30 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Our Land (Nuestra Tierra) at Speed Cinema

May 30 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Everybody to Kenmure Street at Speed Cinema

May 31

May 31 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Exhibition on Screen: Frida Kahlo at Speed Cinema

May 31 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Everybody to Kenmure Street at Speed Cinema

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Cinema

May 2026
- Sun 3
  - 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
    
    WTO/99 at Speed Cinema
  - 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
    
    Hello Dankness at Speed Cinema
- Fri 8
  - 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
    
    Kontinental ‘25 at Speed Cinema
- Sat 9
  - 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
    
    American Dream at Speed Cinema
  - 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
    
    Kontinental ‘25 at Speed Cinema
- Sun 10
  - 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
    
    Harlan County USA at Speed Cinema
- Wed 13
  - 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
    
    A Woman of the World X Pearl Jam at Speed Cinema
- Thu 14
  - 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
    
    Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence at Speed Cinema
- Fri 15
  - 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
    
    Tetsuo: The Iron Man at Speed Cinema
- Sat 16
  - 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
    
    Tetsuo: The Iron Man at Speed Cinema
  - 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
    
    Burst City at Speed Cinema
- Sun 17
  - 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
    
    Burst City at Speed Cinema