POTSDAM – “Howl,” the 2010 film about Allen Ginsburg directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, will be shown by Cinema 10 at 7:15 p.m. Monday, March 28 at the Roxy Theater, Main Street.

James Franco offers a breakthrough performance as Ginsburg, the beat poet and counter-cultural icon whose epic poem, “Howl,” pushed the boundaries of obscenity and literary art while it chronicled the lives, travels and insights of Ginsburg and his friends.

The film focuses on the obscenity trial that followed the poem’s publication. “What could have been a trivial exercise in nostalgia,” writes Ann Hornaday of the Washington Post, “instead becomes a powerful case for the cathartic power of art.”

The film is presented in conjunction with “Out at the Movies,” the North Country Lesbian-Gay-Bisexual-Transexual Film Festival running from March 24 to 28.

Tickets for “Howl” are $3.50 for students and senior citizens and $4.50 general admission.