LAKE PLACID – The Adirondack Film Society Screening Series at LPCA continues Friday and Saturday with “Weiner,” hailed as “the best documentary ever made about a political campaign,” paired with a short documentary about a once-famous American icon from nearby Lewis, who gave her life for women’s rights.

Tickets are $7 and are available by calling the LPCA Box Office at 518-523-2512 or online at www.lakeplacidarts.org.

As an added bonus, both evenings will kick off with another politically oriented film-albeit from the other end of the “personal responsibility” spectrum-Inez Milholland: Forward Into Light, a 15-minute documentary about a now largely forgotten American icon from nearby Lewis, New York who broke with convention by publicly and passionate advocating for women’s rights, pacifism, racial justice, unions and free speech in the early twentieth century.

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Raw and unfettered

Sexts, lies and “Carlos Danger” (Anthony Weiner’s now notorious pseudonym): watch the wildest political meltdown in recent history as it unfolds. It’s 2013 and Weiner-still reeling from the sex scandal that ended his political career two years earlier-is back in the spotlight as he mounts an audacious comeback campaign for New York City mayor. But it’s not long before history repeats itself and new sexting allegations leave Weiner and his aides scrambling to contain the damage.

Granted unfettered access to the candidate and his campaign, filmmakers Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg capture a jaw-dropping, behind-the-scenes look at the political machine as it breaks down. Winner of the 2016 Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize for U.S. Documentary (100 minutes, rated R).

Since the release of the film in May 2016, Weiner’s story has taken a further bizarre turn with news of yet another sexting incident occurring in late August, resulting in the separation announcement by the ex-Congressman’s wife, Huma Abedin, a close aide to Hillary Clinton, and their marriage becoming an issue in the presidential campaign-at least to the extent that Republican nominee Donald Trump and his allies have attempted to make it one.

“Mesmerizing. The best documentary about a political campaign ever made.”-Indiewire

“Hilarious. One of the best documentaries ever made about a political scandal.”-Rolling Stone

“Invigorating, thoroughly involving, and captivating. The level of access here makes the film hard to turn away from.”-The Hollywood Reporter

“Five stars. A gift that keeps on giving. A compelling, deep dive into a scandal.”-The Guardian

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A different kind of political figure

Inez Milholland lived and died to tell the people that it is not winning the vote that really counts but casting the vote. In 1916 she traveled the length of America, giving 50 speeches in 28 days and became the voice of suffrage. The New York Times dubbed her “The Poster Girl of Radicalism.” The essence of Milholland’s tireless efforts is encapsulated in her famous last public utterance, “President Wilson, how long must women wait for liberty?”

“Inez Milholland: Forward Into Light” was written, directed and produced by Martha Wheelock as a project of Wild West Women, Inc., Film. Wheelock, her co-producers and the company are offering a free DVD of the documentary to any groups wishing to view or show it. To learn more, visit inezmilholland.org.

The 2016-2017 AFS Screening Series at LPCA continues on Friday and Saturday evening, Nov. 4-5, with the poignant family drama “Captain Fantastic,” starring Viggo Mortensen. Deep in the forests of the Pacific Northwest, a father (played by Mortensen) devoted to raising his six kids with a rigorous physical and intellectual education-off the grid-is forced to leave his paradise and enter the “real world,” beginning a journey that challenges his idea of what it means to be a parent.

For his work directing the film, Matt Ross was honored with the Prize for Best Director among the films selected for the Un Certain Regard Awards at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. Captain Fantastic is also a Critics’ Pick of the New York Times.