The Monuments Men

A Memorial Day film screening revisits the World War II effort to recover stolen art and protect cultural treasures from destruction. The Monuments Men screens Monday, May 25 at Coral Gables Art Cinema, with a pre-film reception at 7 p.m. Movie tickets are free through the support of Debbie Turner, and the reception is sponsored by Don Slesnick.

Directed by George Clooney, the 2014 action drama follows a group of museum directors, artists, architects, curators and art historians who are sent to the front lines to rescue masterpieces looted by the Nazis. Their mission becomes more urgent after they learn of Hitler’s “Nero Decree,” which called for the destruction of cultural property if the Third Reich fell.