Tell Them Who You Are Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Tell Them Who You Are is Mark Wexler's attempt to understand his larger-than-life father, award-winning cinematographer Haskell Wexler. Stay and see Haskell Wexler's work in Mike Nichols's still-powerful adaptation of Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Second feature start time: 8:45 pm. As a cinematographer, Haskell Wexler has a reputation for brilliance, winning two Academy Awards and working with such giants as George Lucas, Elia Kazan, Mike Nichols, and Francis Ford Coppola. Now 82, Wexler was also a political activist, accompanying Jane Fonda to Vietnam during the height of the war.

Wexler's son Mark is himself an accomplished photojournalist and documentarian. In Tell Them Who You Are he produces an expansive and intimate portrait of his father through film clips and interviews with such collaborators as Jane Fonda, Dennis Hopper, and Paul Newman, among many others. Mark Wexler provides a unique glimpse into Hollywood family ties in the context of a son's attempt to understand and reconcile himself with his larger-than-life father. (95 mins.)

Wexler's first Academy Award came for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Even after nearly forty years, Mike Nichols's version of Edward Albee's play still packs a punch. With Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, George Segal, and Sandy Dennis. (Mike Nichols, 1966; 131 mins.)