Mississippi Film Society returns with second annual Stranger Than Fiction Film Series, four free screenings
JANS – The Mississippi Film Society will host its second annual Stranger Than Fiction Film Series, a monthly lineup of four free documentary screenings at the Capri Theater in Fondren April 7-28, 2026. Each film screens at 7:00 p.m., with tickets available on a first-come, first-served basis and limited to four per order.
The series is made possible, in part, by a grant from the Mississippi Arts Commission.
“The Stranger Than Fiction Film Series is about bringing stories to Jackson that audiences may not have otherwise had the chance to see on a big screen,” said Ryan Parker, Executive Director of the Mississippi Film Society. “Every one of these films is exactly what the name suggests – true stories that are wilder, funnier, more moving, and more complicated than anything you could make up. We’re proud to offer these screenings free to the community and grateful to the Mississippi Arts Commission for making it possible.”
APRIL 7
YOU GOT GOLD: A CELEBRATION OF JOHN PRINE
The series opens with a concert documentary capturing a star-studded tribute to legendary songwriter John Prine, filmed in October 2022 at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium. The event brought together friends, family, and acclaimed artists, including Bonnie Raitt, Brandi Carlile, Tyler Childers, Lucinda Williams, Dwight Yoakam, Jason Isbell, and Bob Weir, to share behind-the-scenes stories and perform Prine’s classic songs. Tickets for this screening are available at Eventbrite.
April 14
The Librarians
(in partnership with Mississippi United)
As an unprecedented wave of book banning spreads across the country, librarians under siege join forces as defenders fighting for intellectual freedom on the front lines of democracy. The Librarians made its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival and continued to SXSW and the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. The film explores the urgent moment librarians and their communities find themselves in, told through the personal experiences of those fighting to keep books on shelves. Tickets are available at Eventbrite.
April 21
Mockbuster
Australian filmmaker Anthony Frith had a once-promising film career reduced to corporate video work when he pitched himself to The Asylum – the B-movie studio behind the Sharknado franchise – to direct a lost-world dinosaur epic. Against all reason, they said yes. What followed was a six-day production of The Land That Time Forgot shot in suburban Adelaide on a budget that can be generously described as aspirational. Frith was simultaneously directing the feature and capturing the chaos behind the camera, navigating rubber dinosaurs, last-minute rewrites, and caffeinated panic to produce this unexpectedly tender portrait of chasing a dream through the absurd hustle of genre filmmaking. Tickets are available at Eventbrite.
April 28
Joybubbles
Closing out the series is Joybubbles, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year. The film tells the stranger-than-fiction true story of a young man born deaf who discovered that by whistling specific tunes into a telephone, he could connect with people all over the world. Please note that the Joybubbles team is committed to providing captions for deaf and hard of fearing audiences and audio description for blind and low vision audiences, at all of their screenings. Tickets are available at Eventbrite.
All screenings take place at the Capri Theater, 3023 North State Street, Jackson, MS 39216. Food and drinks will be available for purchase at each event. For more information, visit msfilmsociety.org.
