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THREE IDENTICAL STRANGERS

Watch Trailer Director: Tim Wardle

Three strangers are reunited by astonishing coincidence after being born identical triplets, separated at birth, and adopted by three different families. Their jaw-dropping, feel-good story instantly becomes a global sensation complete with fame and celebrity, however, the fairy-tale reunion sets in motion a series of events that unearth an unimaginable secret — a secret with radical repercussions for us all.

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Running Time: 96 minutes96 MIN
PG-13 Rated
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We... come away with a deeper understanding of both the importance of nature and the awesome importance of loving, sensitive parenting.

Mick LaSalle
San Francisco Chronicle
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BEAUTIFULLY BROKEN

Watch Trailer Director: Eric Welch
Cast: Benjamin Onyango, Caitlin Nicol-Thomas, Scott William Winters

A refugee’s escape, a prisoner’s promise, and a daughter’s painful secret all converge, causing their lives to become intertwined in ways they could have never imagined. As three fathers fight to save their families, they are led on an unlikely journey across the globe, where they learn the healing power of forgiveness and reconciliation.

One night only! Free admission presented by 90 Minutes and Associated Press Sports Editors

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Running Time: 108 minutes108 MIN
PG-13 Rated
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An intelligently inspiring faith-based drama that links the fates of families in Rwanda and Nashville.

Joe Leydon
Variety
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Sustainability Series: FARMSTEADERS

Watch Trailer Director: Shaena Mallett

Athena Cinema, Environmental Studies, and the Alden Library present the sixth year of the Sustainability Film Series, working in partnership with many sponsors. Our vision and goal are those of years past: to offer attendees the opportunity to acquire a deeper understanding of the current issues related to global environmental and sustainable challenges and solutions. We aim to bring together students, faculty and regional community members. The program recognizes the strength of this integration, coming together and learning from each other. Following each screening, we invite audience members to join us for a panel discussion hosted by faculty members, students, and community members. Please join us for a conversation following these beautiful, thought-provoking and timely films. All admissions free.

A story of local farmers from Laurel Valley Creamery in Meigs County, Ohio. Farmsteaders is as much a study of place as it is a study of persistence. Having abandoned a career as a food processing engineer at General Mills, Nick returns home, the prodigal son, and he, his wife Celeste and their young family resurrect his late grandfather’s dairy farm. Heroic, benign and accessible, Nick and Celeste’s meditations on life, legacy, and resistance offer an unexpected voice from a forsaken people – those who grow the food that sustains us.

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Running Time: 59 minutes59 MIN
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The cinematography is stellar and you really get drawn into the joy and struggles of what it takes to get the cheese made and sold.

The Walden Effect
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TRAIL RUNNING FILM FESTIVAL

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From world-class filmmakers to the best works made by weekend warriors The Trail Running Film Festival takes the audience on a virtual run through forests, up mountains, beyond emotional obstacles, and across the finish line. The two hours of films are shown in a nice theater with comfortable seats, a large screen, and a nice sound system. We see this night as a fun way to come together with your running buddies and new friends to celebrate the sport and our community.

*The films begin at 7:30pm. We encourage folks to arrive before the films start to socialize with your friends, meet new friends, get to know our sponsors, buy your drinks and snacks/food and pick out your seats. Maybe even buy a Trail Running Film Fest t-shirt!

*Seats are limited so help your friends out and remind them to get their tickets before the show is sold out!

For more information, visit the official Trail Running Film Festival website.

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Running Time: 120 min120 MIN
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HEREDITARY: Last Day Thursday, July 26th

Watch Trailer Director: Ari Aster
Writer(s): Ari Aster
Cast: Toni Collette, Milly Shapiro, Gabriel Byrne

When Ellen, the matriarch of the Graham family, passes away, her daughter’s family begins to unravel cryptic and increasingly terrifying secrets about their ancestry. The more they discover, the more they find themselves trying to outrun the sinister fate they seem to have inherited. Making his feature debut, writer-director Ari Aster unleashes a nightmare vision of a domestic breakdown that exhibits the craft and precision of a nascent auteur, transforming a familial tragedy into something ominous and deeply disquieting, and pushing the horror movie into chilling new terrain with its shattering portrait of heritage gone to hell.

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Running Time: 127 minutes127 MIN
R Rated
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Are you ready for the year's scariest movie? I don't think you are, not at all.

Colin Covert
Minneapolis Star Tribune
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Technology & Society Presents BLADE RUNNER

Watch Trailer Director: Ridley Scott
Writer(s): Hampton Fancher, David Peoples, Philip K. Dick
Cast: Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young

In a signature role as 21st-century detective Rick Deckard, Harrison Ford brings his masculine-yet-vulnerable presence to this stylish noir thriller. In a future of high-tech possibility soured by urban and social decay, Deckard hunts for fugitive, murderous replicants—and is drawn to a mystery woman whose secrets may undermine his soul.

Free admission, sponsored by OU Technology and Society Certificate.

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Running Time: 117 min117 MIN
R Rated
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The film still represents the cutting edge of dark science fiction.

Colin Covert
Minneapolis Star Tribune
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SYRIAN IDENTITY AND HOMELAND

A film screening of 8 short Syrian films (90 minutes) made by Syrian film-makers who experienced the crisis in Syria that began in 2011 but are now living outside Syria. The event will be followed by a discussion.

The screening and discussion event is curated by Basil Masri Zada, Ph.D. Candidate of Interdisciplinary Arts.

The event is FREE and open to the public.

Participating films:

Canvas on Mixed Media, Jalal Maghout
Conflict Scholars, Hany Hawasly
In Damascus (2014), Waref Abu Quba
Outcast, Bucher Almzain
Prova Sun Game 1, Zaynab W. Ali
Rhythm of Revolution, and My Homeland, Hala Morris Georges
9 Days – From My Window in Aleppo, Issa Touma

Co-sponsored by Arts for Ohio
In partnership with Middle East and North Africa Studies, the College of Fine Arts, War and Peace Theme, & the Athena Cinema.

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22 CHASER with Director Rafal Sokolowski

Director: Rafal Sokolowski
Writer(s): Jeremy Boxen
Cast: Brian J. Smith, Kaniehtiio Horn, Raoul Max Trujillo, Aaron Ashmore, John Kapelos

One of the city’s last decent tow truck drivers risks everything on a desperate quest to become a chaser and provide for his struggling family.

Director’s Bio:

Rafal Sokolowski is an Assistant Professor of film at the Ohio University and an award-winning film and theatre director. His work has been exhibited worldwide and is supported by the National Film Board of Canada, the Canada and Ontario Arts Councils and Bravo!FACT. He is the artistic director of Blind Dog Films, which specializes in developing and producing narrative fiction. He previously taught film and directing at York University, Ryerson University, and was a guest artist-teacher at the National Theatre School of Canada, Soulpepper Theatre Company, and Warsaw College of Communications and Media. Sokolowski’s Three Mothers, starring Kristin Booth and Camilla Scott, screened at many international festivals, including the 2009 CFC Worldwide Short Film Festival, and his most recent film, Seventh Day, won Best Short Film at the 2013 Ekran – Toronto Polish Film Festival. Sokolowski is a graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada, holds an MFA from York University and is an apprentice of the National Theatre Academy of Krakow (directing).

Free admission! This screening is sponsored by the OU Film Division, Athens Center for Film + Video, & the Athena Cinema.

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Running Time: 90 min90 MIN
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One of the most surprising homegrown efforts of the year. Unpredictable and captivating from start to finish, 22 Chaser might end up being the best Canadian thriller of 2018.

Andrew Parker
The Gate
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HEARTS BEAT LOUD: Last Day Thursday, July 26th

Watch Trailer Director: Brett Haley
Cast: Nick Offerman, Kiersey Clemons, Ted Danson

In the hip Brooklyn neighborhood of Red Hook, single dad and record store owner Frank (Nick Offerman) is preparing to send his hard-working daughter Sam (Kiersey Clemons) off to college, while being forced to close his vintage shop. Hoping to stay connected through their shared musical passions, Frank urges Sam to turn their weekly “jam sesh” into a father-daughter live act. After their first song becomes an Internet breakout, the two embark on a journey of love, growing up and musical discovery.

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Running Time: 97 minutes97 MIN
PG-13 Rated
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A sincere, occasionally touching family dramedy with a music backdrop.

John DeFore
Hollywood Reporter
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Women Pioneer Series: MATANGI / MAYA / M.I.A.

Watch Trailer Director: Steve Loveridge
Cast: M.I.A.

MATANGI / MAYA / M.I.A. is drawn from a cache of personal tapes shot by Maya Arulpragasm and her closest friends over the last 22 years, capturing her remarkable journey from immigrant teenager in London, to the international popstar M.I.A. Inspired by her roots, M.I.A. created a mashup, cut-and-paste identity that pulled from every corner of her journey; a sonic sketchbook that blended Tamil politics, Art school punk, hip-hop beats and the voice of multicultural youth. Never compromising, Maya kept her camera rolling through her battles with the music industry and mainstream media as her success and fame grew and she rose to become one of the most provocative and divisive artists working in music today.

Free admission brought to you by Alden Library, The Black Student Cultural Programming Board, Film Division, LGBT Center, and Multicultural Center.

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[Stephen] Loveridge's movie is a fantastic and kinetic fulfillment of Maya Arulpragasam's desire, back then, to be heard as more than an entertainer.

Spencer Kornhaber
The Atlantic
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