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Let's all go to the movies! The Criminal Justice Club at Paradise Valley Community College presents films reflecting the four eras of policing in America. This event is free. Everyone is welcome. Please take note of the films' rating. The Political & Reform Eras are for all ages. The Community & Homeland Security Eras are for ages 16+.

• The Political Era (mid 1800s - 1920s). The film festival kicks off with short silent films. These comedies feature over-dramatized slapstick to entertain kids of all ages. Fatty Joins the Force with Roscoe "Fatty Arbuckle (All ages); Cops with Buster Keaton (NR); Bangville Police (NR); A Thief Catcher (NR); Convict 13 with Buster Keaton (NR); The Great Train Robbery (TV-G). 11 a.m. All ages
• The Reform Era (1920s – 1980). Current-day police dramas are based on films from this era, when police detectives were honest, rough, and tough. Jack Webb, the father of the dramatized police procedural, stars in the film noir He Walked by Night with Jack Webb (Unrated). 12:45 p.m. All ages
• The Community Era (1980s – 1990s). Police were friendly and focused on the community — but not in this film! In 1999 Los Angeles, a vetren police officer is the last of the renegade cops. Rampart with Woody Harrelson (R). 
• The Homeland Security Era (2001-present). U.S. Border Patrol agents working a remote desert checkpoint in the Trans Pecos border area of far West Texas embark on a treacherous journey that could cost them their lives. Transpecos with Johnny Simmons, Gabriel Luna, and Clifton Collins Jr. (16+).