‘Four Rational People’ Film Premiere

Next Upcoming Date: Friday, March 13 2026

The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “Four Rational People” showing March 13-19 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. After nearly 50 years of making music together, the Emerson String Quartet plays its final notes. An intimate and timeless tour film. Goethe once said that a string quartet is like “a conversation between four rational people," and for the members of the Emerson String Quartet, that conversation is coming to a bittersweet ending as they embark on their final season of a fifty-year history that includes 9 Grammy Awards and thousands of concerts. Interweaving vivid memories of the Emerson Quartet’s past with delicate observations of life on the road in the weeks and days before disbanding, “Four Rational People” explores the group’s difficult decision to walk away from the things that they cherish most in life: the music they play and the friends they hold dear. A frank examination of the tyranny of aging and a passing of the torch to a new generation of artists, “Four Rational People” culminates with one final Emerson Quartet performance for the ages, leaving all to ponder what happens to us after the final curtain. “Four Rational People” will be shown at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre March 13-19. Showtimes will be Friday, Sunday, and Monday, March 13, 15, and 16 at 4:00 p.m.; Tuesday, March 17, at 3:00 p.m.; and Wednesday and Thursday, March 18 and 19, at 7:00 p.m. Tickets are $12, or $9 for Film Festival members. For tickets and more information, please call 928-282-1177. Both the theatre and film festival office are located at 2030 W. Hwy. 89A, in West Sedona. For more information, visit SedonaFilmFestival.org.

• Time: 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM

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