Sally Field stands tall in NORMA RAE (1979) – the film for which she earned her first Academy Award® and a place among AFI’s greatest screen heroes of all time. Based on true events, the story of textile worker fighting for a union in North Carolina also appears on the American Film Institute’s list of...

To bring the historic story of President Abraham Lincoln to life, AFI Trustee and Life Achievement Award recipient Steven Spielberg teamed up with producer and AFI Chair Kathleen Kennedy, AFI Alum cinematographer Janusz Kaminski and AFI Life Achievement recipient John Williams. The Los Angeles premiere of LINCOLN was held at the 2012 AFI FEST presented…

STEEL MAGNOLIAS stars Shirley MacLaine – who was honored with an AFI Life Achievement Award in 2012 – and features the cinematography of AFI Conservatory alum John A. Alonzo. Watch Dakota Fanning announce STEEL MAGNOLIAS: Movie Trivia for STEEL MAGNOLIAS DID YOU KNOW? STEEL MAGNOLIAS is based on the off-Broadway play of the same name…