(United States, 1976, 139 minutes, color, Rated R) Directed by Frank Pierson. Starring Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson

A rock musical written by the unlikely, but prolific screenwriting team of Joan Didion and her husband John Gregory Dunne— two of the best-known literary nonfiction writers and “New Journalists” of the 1960s and ‘70s — "A Star Is Born" earned four Oscar nominations, winning “Best Song” for “Evergreen.”

7 p.m. Friday, March 14
Page Hall - University at Albany Downtown Campus
135 Western Avenue, Albany NY 12203
Free and open to the public
Presented by the NYS Writers Institute
Watch the trailer https://www.nyswritersinstitute.org/astarisborn

Join us for a conversation with New York Times film critic Alissa Wilkinson, who grew up in the Capital Region, presenting her new book about Joan Didion’s adventures in Hollywood, "We Tell Ourselves Stories: Joan Didion and the American Dream Machine" (March 2025), at the Albany Film Festival on Saturday, March 29th.