Talking Pictures: Lex Vaughn presents Anchorman

Join SIFF for Talking Pictures, a series of film experiences where local luminaries host a screening of a film of their choice at SIFF Cinemas and share with audiences how it has impacted them. On August 7, founder and editor of local satirical news outlet The Needling, Lex Vaughn, will present Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004) at SIFF Cinema Downtown.

The Talking Pictures series raises funds to support SIFF and a portion of the ticket price includes a donation.

TICKETS:
$35 Sustainer
$25 General | $20 Members
$10 Child (under 12)

You are encouraged to wear your best '70s news anchor outfit!

ABOUT LEX VAUGHN
Lex Vaughn (she/her) is the founder and editor of local satirical news outlet The Needling, “Seattle’s Only Real Fake News.” She’s also a Pulitzer Prize-winning “real real news” journalist who’s reported for The Seattle Times, Los Angeles Times, and Entrepreneur Magazine.

ABOUT “THE NEEDLING”
The Needling—Seattle’s Only Real Fake News—is a Seattle-based satirical news outlet that provides Native Seattle-area residents, newcomers, California carpetbaggers, and people born here sometime in the last century earnestly inauthentic analysis of local news and culture. Its groundbreaking reports include “Blue Angels Circle Seattle 12 Times in Attempt to Find Parking,” “Couple’s Photos from Seattle Vacation Actually Taken in Vancouver, B.C.,” and “47,215th Flyover Picture of Mount Rainier Confirms It’s Still There.”

ABOUT THE FILM - Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
In the 1970s, an anchorman's stint as San Diego's top-rated newsreader is challenged when an ambitious newswoman becomes his co-anchor.