Acclaimed actress, author and activist Ali MacGraw will appear at the 11th annual El Paso Community Foundation Plaza Classic Film Festival in August.
Ms. MacGraw will take the historic Plaza Theatre stage for Love Story, the 1970 romantic drama that made her a star, at 7 p.m. Friday, August 3; and Sam Peckinpah’s 1972 action classic The Getaway, starring Steve McQueen and filmed largely in El Paso, at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, August 4.
She also will sign autographs from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, August 4 in the El Paso Community Foundation’s Foundation Room, 333 N. Oregon.
Ali MacGraw received an Academy Award nomination and a Golden Globe Award for her performance as Jenny Cavalleri in Love Story, her second movie. She worked for Harper’s Bazaar magazine and fashion photographer Melvin Sokolsky before making her film debut in Goodbye, Columbus. The Getaway was her third film.
She also starred in Convoy, Players and Just Tell Me What You Want and TV’s The Winds of War and Dynasty. She wrote a best-selling autobiography, Moving Pictures, and helped create the instructional video Yoga Mind & Body, filmed at White Sands National Monument in New Mexico.
Ms. MacGraw works on behalf of social, animal and environmental causes, works with various nonprofits, and is an ambassador for Ibu Movement, which benefits women cooperatives around the world. Recent honors include the Santa Fe Living Treasures award in 2016, the 2008 New Mexico Governor’s Award for her contributions to the arts, and the Santa Fe Community Foundation’s 2008 Luminaria Award.
This year’s Plaza Classic Film Festival will screen more than 90 movies from August 2-12, 2018. Previously announced 2018 titles include Aladdin, Aliens, Amadeus, Glory Road, Lady and the Tramp, Our Town, Roman Holiday, The Royal Tenanbaums, and Vertigo. More titles will be announced soon.
Individual tickets go on sale in early July. Festival Passes are $200, on sale at plazaclassic.com/tickets and 915-533-4020.
