Small Group Ticketed Screenings

Name: Welfare
Start: 2026-02-07T11:00:00-05:00
Location: Carol M. Johnson Theater (T1)

We’re thrilled to welcome you back to the theater to experience new films in a small group experience. With safety as our top priority, we will be operating at a significantly reduced capacity, with each screening's total capacity limited to one party of up to ten guests.

Please note that you must purchase all desired tickets in the same transaction. Tickets are $7.50 for Amherst Cinema Members or $10.75 for non-Members. Members, be sure to sign in to unlock your Member rate. At this time, no passes can be redeemed for these screenings.

If you cannot click through to a showtime, it is sold out.

Click here to read more about this program.

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Small Group Ticketed Screenings

We’re thrilled to welcome you back to the theater to experience new films in a small group experience. Your group may number from one to five attendees. Click here to read more about this program.
Please note that you must purchase all desired tickets in the same transaction. Tickets are $7.50 for Amherst Cinema Members or $10.75 for non-Members. Members, be sure to sign in to unlock your Member rate.
At this time, no passes can be redeemed for these screenings.
CinemaSafe protocols will be in effect, including mandatory masking at all times except while eating concessions in your seat. Our concession stand will be open for touchless, credit card-only sales when you arrive for your film. See our current menu here.
Available films and showtimes are listed below. If you cannot click through to a showtime, it is sold out.

Event Information

Welfare

Carol M. Johnson Theater (T1)

Saturday, Feb 7, 2026 11:00 AM

Frederick Wiseman's WELFARE (1975) shows the nature and complexity of the welfare system in sequences illustrating the staggering diversity of problems that constitute welfare: housing, unemployment, divorce, medical and psychiatric problems, abandoned and abused children, and the elderly. Introduced by Carolyn Anderson, Professor Emerita of Communication at UMass Amherst and co-author of Reality Fictions: The Films of Frederick Wiseman.

Event Pricing

Admission Adult - $10.75

Admission Senior (65+) - $9.75

Admission Student - $9.75

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