In the Heat of the Night

MTC RETROGRADE x CINEMA NOVA In collaboration with Melbourne Theatre Company and their upcoming production of Retrograde, starring Donné Ngabo as Sidney Poitier, join us for special screenings of IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT.

Winner of 5 Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay! Black Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier) is mistakenly suspected of a local murder while passing through a racially hostile Mississippi town. After being cleared, he’s reluctantly asked by the police chief to help investigate the case.

Retrograde — in its Australian premiere — explores a high-stakes moment in Sidney Poitier's early career, ten years before he would become the first Black man to win the Best Actor Oscar.