The Automat April 22, 2025 | Doors 6pm, Screening 6:30pm Live at Contois Auditorium, Burlington & 118 Elliot, Brattleboro Screen from Home, Same Day Only Directed by Lisa Hurwitz 2021, USA, 79 Minutes

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.9.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||-51px|||” custom_padding=”||0px|||”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.9.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.9.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||80px||false|false”] he AutomatApril 22, 2025 | Doors 6pm, Screening 6:30pmLive at Contois Auditorium, Burlington & 118 Elliot, Brattleboro Screen from Home, Same Day OnlyDirected by Lisa Hurwitz2021, USA, 79 Minutes PREVIEW Originating in Philadelphia, Horn & Hardart’s Automat was America’s original and most beloved restaurant chain where generations of Americans ate and drank coffee at elegant communal marble tables, free from social barriers. Pie? Coffee? Put your nickel in, then open the little glass door to a freshly made delight. This ritual made Horn & Hardart the place to meet, where people connected over good food and coffee. The Automat illustrates how the company served the public great food and at the same time treated its employees with fairness and integrity. The legacy of the Automat spans a century, chronicling it’s rise as an iconic restaurant chain that inspired Starbucks, and it’s eventual decline, sealed by the rise of fast food that forever transformed the American dining landscape. [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.9.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”-75px|auto|-27px|auto||”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.9.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_image src=”https://118elliot.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Screenshot-2025-12-11-at-11.12.45-AM.png” _builder_version=”4.9.4″ _module_preset=”default” title_text=”Screenshot 2025-12-11 at 11.12.45 AM” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]