Main library screens “The Colt”

Atlanta-Fulton’s Central Library will show the movie “The Colt” on Wednesday as part of a film series commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. The 2005 made-for-TV movie, based on a short story by Mikhail Sholokhov, is about a Union soldier who refuses orders to shoot a newborn foal.

It starts at 4 p.m. at One Margaret Mitchell Square, downtown Atlanta. Information: 404-730-1700.

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