It’s Art House Theater Day! Across the country art house cinemas will be celebrating what we do best every day: showing great movies to a passionate audience! Both screenings will include poster raffles, sneak peaks of our upcoming programming, and free popcorn! 

Our second film of the night is a very special screening of 40 WATTS FROM NOWHERE, a new documentary that tells the story of a famous pirate radio station in LA back in the 1990’s. Having played festivals around the country, this will be one of the first theatrical engagements of the film! Pittsburgh has always been, and still is, a great radio town. College stations, classic rock, independent, alternative, and more have graced our airwaves for years…and yet…We think 40 WATTS FROM NOWHERE embodies a scrappy, non-traditional, even rebellious spirt shared by the Harris Theater. 

“40 Watts from Nowhere” is a documentary about Los Angeles pirate radio station KBLT and the 1990s low-power FM movement in the U.S. It’s based around vintage footage shot in 1998 that shows KBLT operating 24/7 out of an apartment closet in Silver Lake with DJs running the gamut from Keith Morris (Circle Jerks), Mike Watt (Minutemen) and Don Bolles (Germs) to garden-variety music fans playing everything from jungle and punk to vintage country and French pop. 

Directed by Sue Carpenter 

2025 | USA | English language | DCP

Concessions

Concessions are available for all screenings and the Harris Theater is now BYOB. Guests who bring alcoholic beverages must be 21 years or older and provide valid photo ID upon request, a $5 charge will be issued per guest.