People who need Streisand are the luckiest people at the Burns Film Center

Barbra Streisand fans will get a unique double feature treat at Pleasantville”™s Jacob Burns Film Center on Sept. 20 with a rare big screen presentation of “Funny Girl” and a Q&A on the star with film and music historian Dan Callahan.

Streisand repeated her 1964 Broadway triumph as Fanny Brice in the 1968 film adaptation of “Funny Girl.” Under the direction of William Wyler, Streisand”™s film debut won the Academy Award as Best Actress, while the lavish musical earned eight Oscar nominations and was the highest-grossing American film in 1968.

Callahan covers Streisand film and music career in his new book “Bing and Billie and Frank and Ella and Judy and Barbra,” which celebrates six of the most influential popular singers of the 20th century. Callahan will have copies of his new book after the screening.

The event begins at 6:30 p.m. and admission is $15 for Burns Film Center members and $20 for nonmembers. More information is available on the venue”™s website.

Photo courtesy Columbia Pictures