Tig Notaro courtesy of HSDFF

Comedian Tig Notaro will chair the opening night of the Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival, which begins tonight with a screening of “Citizen Ashe” — a documentary about tennis champion and human rights activist Arthur Ashe — and continues through Saturday, Oct. 16, with dozens of virtual and in-person screenings. Notaro, maybe best known for her Grammy-nominated stand-up comedy special “Live,” opens the festival at 7 p.m. in Hot Springs Convention Center’s Horner Hall.

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Get more details on festival screenings here, and see the full schedule here. 

 

 

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