Born To Lose: The Misfits Who Made Dog Day Afternoon
Thu, Mar 19
|4 Star Theater
Join film historian Rachel Walther in conversation with Noir City's Audra Wolfmann, followed by a screening of the New Hollywood classic!
Time & Location
Mar 19, 2026, 7:30 PM – 10:30 PM
4 Star Theater, 2200 Clement St, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA
About The Event
Co-presented with 4 Star Theater
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Dog Day Afternoon, the 1975 film directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Al Pacino, remains a high-water mark of New Hollywood, with some of the best talent of the day coming together on a film that's truly exceptional. But did you know it was all based on a true story?
In her latest book Born To Lose: The Making of Dog Day Afternoon, film historian Rachel Walther draws on extensive archival research to delve into the film’s backstory, tracing how an unbelievable true crime tale of love, bank robbery, and LGBTQI+ activism became a box-office smash and catapulted a group of Brooklyn outsiders into the media spotlight. Walther’s deep dive interrogates the film’s place in the 1970s zeitgeist, set against a background of antiwar activism and the fight for gay and trans rights, and in doing so shows its continuing relevance today. Join the…