The Greatest Night in Pop: Free Film Screening @ Libbey Bowl

THE GREATEST NIGHT IN POP | FRIDAY Aug 22nd | TIME 7:30PM |
2024 | Running Time: 1 hr 36 min | Documentary | PG-13

Director Bao Nguyen & Producers Amit Dey, Christina Radburn, Bruce Eskowitz, Harriet Sternberg In Attendance

Directed by: Bao Nguyen

On a January night in 1985, music's biggest stars gather to record "We Are the World." The team goes behind the scenes of the event to see how all of the artists came together to make history. This documentary goes behind the scenes of the historic event. The film features new interviews with various people involved in the song, including Lionel Richie, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Bruce Springsteen, Huey Lewis, Dionne Warwick, and Cyndi Lauper.

"Looking back all these years later, it's something of a miracle that, in the days before texts and emails, when you had to communicate by fax and messenger and landline phone calls, so many performers who were used to being the biggest star in the room agreed to get together on relatively short notice and figure out a path to record one of the most impactful singles in music history." Chicago Sun Times

"Music bio-docs may be running out of steam, but The Greatest Night in Pop works by being specific and enlightening." RogerEbert.com

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR: Bao Nguyen is an award-winning Vietnamese American filmmaker whose work has been seen on HBO, Netflix, the New York Times, ESPN, among many others. He directed BE WATER, a deep dive into the life and journey of Bruce Lee, which competed in the U.S. Documentary Competition category at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and was invited to other prestigious festivals such as SXSW, Cannes, Telluride, Hot Docs, among many others. It broadcast nationally on ESPN and is the most watched ESPN 30 for 30 film ever on the platform.

His film, THE GREATEST NIGHT IN POP world premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival and launched globally on Netflix on January 29th where it quickly became the number one film globally on the platform. It was recently nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys, 4 Critics Choice Documentary Awards, a Grammy, and won a Critics Choice and PGA Award.

// THE DETAILS //

• This event is FREE and open to everyone!
• Plan to arrive early. Pack snacks, bring layers and a blanket (especially if you want to sit on the grass!)
• Libbey Bowl has eleven wheel chair accessible seats. To learn more, visit ojai.ca.gov/CivicAlerts
• We encourage walking, biking, and carpooling. Bike racks are available onsite.
• If driving, street parking is available. Please follow local street signs.
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// 2025 SUMMER SERIES: IMAGINE A WORLD //
Join us Friday's from July to October for FREE at Libbey Bowl.

• July 25 | Sally
• August 8 | The NeverEnding Story
• August 22 | The Greatest Night In Pop
• September 5 | 9 to 5
• September 19 | Speak.
• October 3 | Close Encounters of The Third Kind
  

// ABOUT OFS //
Founded in 1988, the mission of the Ojai Film Society (OFS) is to present quality independent, foreign, documentary, and classic films to the Ojai Valley, outdoors, in community for FREE. We are a 501c3 non-profit that proudly reaches over 3,000+ attendees annually through our FREE Summer Series at Libbey Bowl, making us one of the largest free event series in the Valley. Learn more at ojaifilmsociety.org.

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