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Encore Presentation: Science on Screen® Presents JANE

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The Athena is excited to announce a one-night only, encore Science on Screen event. Join us for a screening of Jane and a talk by Dr. Nancy Stevens on Thursday, March 8th at 7PM! Please pick up your tickets in advance and be at the theater at start time to ensure a seat. You can review our ticketing policy at:

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Drawing from over 100 hours of never-before-seen footage that has been tucked away in the National Geographic archives for over 50 years, award-winning director Brett Morgen tells the story of JANE, a woman whose chimpanzee research challenged the male-dominated scientific consensus of her time and revolutionized our understanding of the natural world. Set to a rich orchestral score from legendary composer Philip Glass, the film offers an unprecedented, intimate portrait of Jane Goodall — a trailblazer who defied the odds to become one of the world’s most admired conservationists.

Preceding the film will be a presentation by Ohio University Presidential Research Scholar & Professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences, Nancy Stevens, Ph.D.

Dr. Stevens’ research explores extinction dynamics and interactions between animals and environments through time. Her fossil discoveries include the oldest fossil ape, and has studied critically-endangered primates in Uganda, Madagascar and Vietnam.

Science on Screen® is an initiative of the Coolidge Corner Theatre, with major support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The Science on Screen program pairs films with a short talk with a scientist or technology expert. The free Science on Screen events are fun and engaging, offering dynamic speakers an unexpected jumping point to teach their field of expertise in a way that is accessible to a diverse audience.

Free admission is provided by Arts for OHIO.

This event is also sponsored by the Kennedy Lecture Series as part of the Athena Cinema’s Women Pioneer Series.

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Running Time: 90 min90 MIN
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It's most evocative as a memorable portrait of a woman, both in youth and late life, who always knew what she wanted - and who, in doing so, helped make the world a better place.

Moira MacDonald
Seattle Times
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Women Pioneers: Celebrates 100

This spring, the Athena is proud to present four profound films celebrating the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage. All shows feature intros and post-show talks.

Free admission to all screenings!

This series is sponsored by Ohio University Libraries, School of Film, Multicultural Center, Black Student Cultural Programming Board, Margaret Boyd Scholars, English Department, History Department, Women’s Center, and Arts for Ohio.

 

Click here for a full listing of events celebrating the centennial.

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Thank you to the sponsors of the Women Pioneers Series: Alden Library, Arts for Ohio, Film Division, Kennedy Lecture Series, Science on Screen

Mix Tape: BANG!: THE BERT BERNS STORY

Watch Trailer Director: Brett Berns, Bob Sarles

Music meets the Mob in this biographical documentary, narrated by Stevie Van Zandt, about the life and career of Bert Berns, the most important songwriter and record producer from the sixties that you never heard of. His hits include “Twist and Shout”, “Hang On Sloopy”, “Here Comes The Night” and “Piece Of My Heart.” He helped launch the careers of Van Morrison and Neil Diamond and produced some of the greatest soul music ever made. Filmmaker Brett Berns brings his late father’s story to the screen through interviews with those who knew him best and rare performance footage. Included in the film are interviews with Ronald Isley, Ben E. King, Solomon Burke, Van Morrison, Keith Richards and Paul McCartney.

Admission $5. Part of our Masters Mix Tape Series.

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Running Time: 95 min95 MIN
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The story itself is arresting, and if that's all 'Bang' offered, that would be enough. But 'Bang' does more.

Mick LaSalle
San Francisco Chronicle
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Women Pioneer Series: CHAVELA

Watch Trailer Director: Catherine Gund, Daresha Kyi
Cast: Pedro Almodóvar, Elena Benarroch

Through its lyrical structure, Chavela will take viewers on an evocative, thought-provoking journey through the iconoclastic life of game-changing artist Chavela Vargas.

Centered around never before-seen interview footage of Chavela shot 20 years before her death in 2012, and guided by the stories in Chavela’s songs, and the myths and tales others have told about her – as well as those she spread about herself – the film weaves an arresting portrait of a woman who dared to dress, speak, sing, and dream her unique life into being.

Free admission is provided by Arts for OHIO.

This event is also sponsored by the Kennedy Lecture Series as part of the Athena Cinema’s Women Pioneer Series.

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Running Time: 93 minutes93 MIN
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Donald Trump's ultimate nightmare- a Mexican lesbian diva who can wring your very soul.

The Guardian
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Sustainability Series: HAPPENING: A CLEAN ENERGY REVOLUTION

Watch Trailer Director: James Redford

This documentary explores the personal journey into the dawn of the clean energy era as it creates jobs, turns profits, and makes communities stronger and healthier across the US. Unlikely entrepreneurs in communities from Georgetown, TX to Buffalo, NY reveal pioneering clean energy solutions while my discovery of how clean energy works, and what it means at a personal level, becomes the audiences͛discovery too. Reaching well beyond a story of technology and innovation, ͚Happening͛ explores issues of human resilience, social justice, embracing the future, and finding hope for our survival.

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Running Time: 75 minutes75 MIN
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THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER: Last Day Tuesday, December 19th

Watch Trailer Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
Writer(s): Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthimis Filippou
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Collin Farrell, Barry Keoghan, Alicia Silverstone

From the director of The Lobster comes a new deeply unsettling, masterfully crafted absurdity. Dr. Steven Murphy (Colin Farrell) is a renowned cardiovascular surgeon presiding over a spotless household with his ophthalmologist wife Anna (Nicole Kidman) and their two exemplary children, 12-year-old Bob (Sunny Suljic) and 14-year-old Kim (Raffey Cassidy). Lurking at the margins of his idyllic suburban existence is Martin (Barry Keoghan), a fatherless teen who Steven has covertly taken under his wing. As Martin begins insinuating himself into the family’s life in ever-more unsettling displays, the full scope of his intent becomes menacingly clear when he confronts Steven with a long-forgotten transgression that will shatter the Murphy family’s domestic bliss.

Yorgos Lanthimos has crafted a sensational thriller brimming with unsettling humor and creeping dread, steeped in Greek tragedy, existential horror, Hitchcockian psychodrama, and riveting suspense. Darting confidently between genres to subvert our expectations at every turn, The Killing of a Sacred Deer firmly cements Lanthimos in the pantheon of world-class auteurs and marks him as a cinematic provocateur without precedent.

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Running Time: 121 minutes121 MIN
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The Killing of a Sacred Deer is humane and satirical, horrifying and hilarious.

David Sims
The Atlantic
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National Evening of Science on Screen®

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The Athena has been programming Science on Screen®  events since 2012. Whether classic or quirky, these science/movie mash-ups are highly entertaining events and a wonderful way to integrate film and science in a way that appeals to students, faculty and community members with a wide array of interests.

On March 27th, theaters around the nation will host their own Science on Screen events. Stay tuned for information on what film and presentation the Athena Cinema will bring to Athens, Ohio this spring.

Science on Screen® is an initiative of the Coolidge Corner Theatre, with major support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The Science on Screen program pairs films with a short talk with a scientist or technology expert. The free Science on Screen events are fun and engaging, offering dynamic speakers an unexpected jumping point to teach their field of expertise in a way that is accessible to a diverse audience.

Free admission is provided by Arts for OHIO.

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Out at the Movies: BPM (BEATS PER MINUTE)

Watch Trailer Director: Robin Campillo
Cast: Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Arnaud Valois, Adèle Haenel

In Paris in the early 1990s, a group of activists goes to battle for those stricken with HIV/AIDS, taking on sluggish government agencies and major pharmaceutical companies in bold, invasive actions. The organization is ACT UP, and its members, many of them gay and HIV-positive, embrace their mission with a literal life-or-death urgency. Amid rallies, protests, fierce debates and ecstatic dance parties, the newcomer Nathan falls in love with Sean, the group’s radical firebrand, and their passion sparks against the shadow of mortality as the activists fight for a breakthrough.

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Running Time: 146 minutes146 MIN
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A restless, engrossing dramatic portrait of Parisian activists fighting the AIDS pandemic in the early 1990s.

Justin Chang
Los Angeles Times
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Universal Premiere: BLOCKERS

Watch Trailer Director: Kay Cannon
Cast: Kathryn Newton, John Cena, Leslie Mann

When three parents stumble upon their daughters’ pact to lose their virginity at prom, they launch a covert one-night operation to stop the teens from sealing the deal.

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Running Time: 102 min102 MIN
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Cannon's first feature stands out because the genre has so rarely received a woman's touch, and it's evident in the way the movie pokes fun at masculinity by making it irrelevant.

Eric Kohn
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Mix Tape: 20 FEET FROM STARDOM

Watch Trailer Director: Morgan Neville
Writer(s): Morgan Neville
Cast: Lou Adler, Stephanie 'Stevvie' Alexander, Patti Austin
Awards: Academy Award Winner for Best Documentary Feature, 2014 Critics' Choice Winner Best Documentary Feature

Millions know their voices, but no one knows their names. In his compelling new film TWENTY FEET FROM STARDOM, award-winning director Morgan Neville shines a spotlight on the untold true story of the backup singers behind some of the greatest musical legends of the 21st century. Triumphant and heartbreaking in equal measure, the film is both a tribute to the unsung voices who brought shape and style to popular music and a reflection on the conflicts, sacrifices and rewards of a career spent harmonizing with others.

These gifted artists span a range of styles, genres and eras of popular music, but each has a uniquely fascinating and personal story to share of life spent in the shadows of superstardom.    Along with rare archival footage and a peerless soundtrack, TWENTY FEET FROM STARDOM boasts intimate interviews with Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder, Mick Jagger and Sting to name just a few.  However, these world-famous figures take a backseat to the diverse array of backup singers whose lives and stories take center stage in the film.

Admission $5. Part of our Masters Mix Tape Series.

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Running Time: 89 minutes89 MIN
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For once, the spotlight shines on these brilliant women who spent most of their careers on the outskirts of fame with minimal fortune to show for their efforts.

Susan Wloszczyna
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