# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Familiar Touch: Screening + Q&A with Filmmaker Sarah Friedland and Memory Care Experts
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 26 Feb, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Event Description**: FAMILIAR TOUCH begins with Ruth (Kathleen Chalfant), a retired cook, as she prepares breakfast in her sunny and cozy kitchen—a dish she seems to have made many times before, although small and puzzling errors now punctuate her comfortable routine. When her son (H. Jon Benjamin) arrives to dine with her, she mistakes him for a suitor. Their “date” takes them to an assisted living facility, which Ruth does not remember that she had previously selected for herself.

Among her fellow memory care residents, Ruth feels lost and adrift, certain she has found herself somewhere she does not belong. As she slowly begins to accept the warmth and support of care workers Vanessa (Carolyn Michelle) and Brian (Andy McQueen), she finds new ways to ground herself in her body, even as her mind embarks on a journey all its own. Writer-director Sarah Friedland’s "coming-of-old-age" feature FAMILIAR TOUCH compassionately follows the winding path of octogenarian Ruth’s shifting memories and desires while remaining rooted in her sage perspective.

Join us for a one-night-only screening of FAMILIAR TOUCH on Thursday, Feb. 26, followed by what promises to be a fascinating live Q&A with filmmaker Sarah Friedland as well as experts on memory care from White Plains Hospital. Tickets are on sale now—get yours in advance to avoid getting sold out!

FAMILIAR TOUCH screens as part of JBFC Series Community Matters: Health and Wellness Spotlight. This series is sponsored by White Plains Hospital, with support from The Thomas & Agnes Carvel Foundation, the Louis & Anne Abrons Foundation, andthe Theodore & Renee Weiler Foundation.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/pleasantville/familiar-touch-screening-qanda-with-filmmaker-sarah-friedland-and-memory-care-experts/200029719019230
- **Event Categories**: health-wellness, Nonprofit, Art, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 0

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Pleasantville
- **state**: NY
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Jacob Burns Film Center
- **lat**: 41.13533497519
- **long**: -73.791723882045
- **full address**: Jacob Burns Film Center, 364 Manville Rd,Pleasantville, New York, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Familiar Touch: Screening + Q&A with Filmmaker Sarah Friedland and Memory Care Experts being held?
  - **A:** Familiar Touch: Screening + Q&A with Filmmaker Sarah Friedland and Memory Care Experts takes place on Thu, 26 Feb, 2026 at 07:00 pm to Thu, 26 Feb, 2026 at 07:00 pm at Jacob Burns Film Center, 364 Manville Rd,Pleasantville, New York, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Familiar Touch: Screening + Q&A with Filmmaker Sarah Friedland and Memory Care Experts?
  - **A:** Familiar Touch: Screening + Q&A with Filmmaker Sarah Friedland and Memory Care Experts is organized by Jacob Burns Film Center.

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