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CATCHING THE SUN: Earth Day Event – One Night Only Monday, April 18th

      An unemployed American worker, a Tea Party activist, and a Chinese solar entrepreneur race to lead the clean energy future. But who wins and who loses the battle for power in the 21st century? Through the stories of workers and entrepreneurs in the U.S. and China, Catching the Sun captures the global […]

HELLO, MY NAME IS DORIS: Last Day Thursday, May 26th

When Doris Miller (Sally Field) meets John Fremont (Max Greenfield), her company’s hip new art director, sparks fly-at least for Doris. In the cluttered house she shared with her late mother, Doris mines the Internet for information on her one-and-only, guided by the 13-year-old granddaughter of her best pal Roz. When Doris begins showing up […]

EYE IN THE SKY: Last Day Thursday, May 26th

Drone strikes: a controversial, relatively new, and increasingly common method of fighting terrorism. When British military personnel target a cell of terrorists in a highly populated area of Nairobi, Kenya, they must consider the cost of human casualties. Full of tension and drama, EYE IN THE SKY stars Helen Mirren, Aaron Paul, and the beloved […]

THE TRIBE

Somewhere in Ukraine, Sergey enters a specialized boarding school for the deaf. Alone in this new and unfamiliar place, he must find his way through the school’s hierarchy. Sergey quickly encounters the tribe, a student gang dealing in crime and prostitution. After passing their hazing rituals and being inducted into the group, he takes part […]

KRISHA: Leaving Thursday, April 21st

    When Krisha shows up at her sister’s Texas home on Thanksgiving morning, her close and extended family greet her with a mixture of warmth and wariness. Almost immediately, a palpable unease permeates the air, one which only grows in force as Krisha gets to work cooking the turkey and trying to make up […]

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The 44th Athens International Film+Video Festival

The Athens International Film and Video Festival was founded in 1974, and since then has presented independent films from around the world. The Festival is sponsored by the Athens Center for Film and Video, a project of the College of Fine Arts at Ohio University. This year’s festival will take place April 3-9, 2017. For […]

WHERE TO INVADE NEXT: Last Day Thursday, March 31st

To learn what the USA can learn from other nations, Michael Moore playfully “invades” them to see what they have to offer. “a crazy-like-a-fox documentary hellbent on seeing the best in people. Other people. Not us Americans. Turns out we suck at practicing what we preach. It’s classic Michael Moore.” -Peter Travers, Rolling Stone “[Moore has] […]

HITCHCOCK/TRUFFAUT: Last Day Thursday, March 31st

In 1962, Alfred Hitchcock and a 30-year-old François Truffaut sequestered themselves in a windowless Hollywood office for a weeklong conversation. The result: the seminal book “Hitchcock/Truffaut,” published a half century ago, dissecting every film Hitchcock had made until then, illuminating his masterful techniques, making the case for the popular director as an artist, and influencing […]

THE WITCH: Last Day Thursday, March 31st

A family in 1630s New England is torn apart by the forces of witchcraft, black magic and possession. “The Witch immediately joins the pantheon of great horror movies…” -Scott Tobias, NPR “For fans of horror at its most sinister, The Witch is not to be missed. It casts a spell that lingers long after its most […]

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SEEDS OF TIME

A perfect storm is brewing as agriculture pioneer Cary Fowler races against time to protect the future of our food. Seed banks around the world are crumbling, crop failures are producing starvation and rioting, and the accelerating effects of climate change are affecting farmers globally. Communities of indigenous Peruvian farmers are already suffering those effects, […]