The documentary, "Amazing Grace," presenting the live recording of Aretha Franklin’s best-selling gospel album at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in 1972, is screening Jan. 21 at the Edmonds Center for the Arts. (Neon)

Schedule of special film screenings around Snohomish County

The listings include Edmonds Center for the Arts, Historic Everett Theatre and Whidbey Island Center for the Arts showings.

Events listed here are contingent on whether each jurisdiction is approved to enter the corresponding phase of the governor’s four-phase reopening plan. Events may be canceled or postponed. Check with each venue for the latest information.

The Banff Film Festival: Historic Everett Theatre presents this year’s virtual Banff Film Festival, an annual presentation of short films and documentaries about mountain culture, sports and the environment. There are two film programs (each two hours long) available for streaming via Now! — Amber and Onyx. Tickets are $15 for one, or $28 for both programs. You have three days to watch one program; 14 days if you sign up for both. Register at filmfest.banffcentre.ca/?campaign=WT-152515. Call 425-258-6766 or go to www.yourhistoriceveretttheatre.org.

Music on Film: Watch a documentary presenting the live recording of Aretha Franklin’s best-selling gospel album at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles, in 1972. “Amazing Grace,” a 2018 concert film directed by Sydney Pollack, is showing 7:30 p.m. Jan. 21 at the Edmonds Center for the Arts, 410 Fourth Ave. N., Edmonds. Tickets are $10. Call 425-275-9595 or go to www.edmondscenterforthearts.org.

Music on Film: The 2011 documentary “Give Me the Banjo” brings together banjo players in all styles — including Earl Scruggs, Pete Seeger, Bela Fleck, The Carolina Chocolate Drops, Mike Seeger, Don Vappie and Abigail Washburn — to tell the story of America’s stringed instrument. The film, narrated by Steve Martin, is screening 7:30 p.m. March 25 at the Edmonds Center for the Arts, 410 Fourth Ave. N., Edmonds. Tickets are $10. Call 425-275-9595 or go to www.edmondscenterforthearts.org.

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