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Join us Wednesday, September 30^th at 7:00p.m. for a powerful documentary about six couples, struggling with infertility, who eliminate most plastics from their lives with some happy results!

Admission is FREE – Tickets are required

About the film

This moving film details the efforts of six couples, guided by noted epidemiologist Dr. Shanna Swan, to rid their lives of plastic — a veritable “plastic detox” — and, in the process, takes a close look at the effects microplastics have on their health. From hormone disruption that’s fueling a worldwide fertility crisis, to growing rates of cancer, and early heart attack and stroke, this film reveals the shocking science behind plastic’s impact on human life. You’ll never look at plastic the same way again.

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90 MIN

Join us Monday, October 5th at 7:00 p.m. for a special event screening of the latest film from award-winning filmmaker Libby Ewing!

Admission is FREE – Tickets are required

OHIO alumni actor, writer, and director Libby Ewing will be on-hand for a brief introduction and a post-show Q&A talkback session

About the film

Samantha Smart (who also wrote the screenplay) stars as “Al”, a young music therapist who plies her trade by healing troubled adolescent clients with song. When Al encounters Charlie, a traumatized and hard-hearted teenage girl, she finds it hard to make breakthrough and help Charlie have a more positive outlook on life. However, Al slowly-but-surely begins to penetrate Charlie’s tough exterior, and the two find camaraderie when a project comes along that helps the two form a solid bond of friendship. As it turns out, Al has her own trauma-filled past and, as she helps her new client, she is forced to confront her own existential struggles.

About the filmmaker

Libby Ewing graduated with her BFA in Acting from OU in 2006. She is an award-winning director, writer, and actor who grew up in the foothills of Appalachia. Her work focuses on female driven stories that explore themes of class, spirituality, and grief. She splits her time between Ohio and NYC. Ewing’s feature directorial debut Charliebird received top prize of the Founders Award for “Best Picture” at Tribeca Festival 2025 as well as “Best Performance,”, SCAD Savannah Film Festival Best Narrative Feature 2025, Lucca Film Festival Critics Marcello Petrozziello Award, and Sarasota Film Festival Jury Award for Best Narrative Feature, among others.

This event was made possible with support from the following organizations: OHIO School of Film, School of Music, School of Theater, College of Health Sciences and Professions, and Housing and Residence Life

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98 MIN

Join us Thursday, October 8th at 7:00 p.m. as we welcome the return of actor, filmmaker, and author Greg Sestero for a special one-night-only screening of The Room!

An in-person Q&A session and a meet-and-greet in the lobby with Greg will follow the screening

Admission is $15

This event will feature a special evening with “Mark” himself, Greg Sestero – star of The Room and New York Times best-selling author of the Oscar-nominated The Disaster Artist. The evening will include a special screening of The Room, as well as a live script reading and Q&A with Greg!

You’ll find yourself saying “What a story Mark!” time and time again, as he’s not keeping any of his stupid comments in his pocket on this night.

Plus a meet-and-greet with Greg…and maybe even a bonus surprise or two?!

Don’t be chip-chip-chip-chip-cheep-cheep…get your tickets before they’re here and gone like Claudette’s breast cancer.

About the film

When Johnny’s successful life trajectory as a banker and a soon-to-be-groom is upended when his (unsatisfied) fiancée Lisa decides to seduce his best friend Mark, he begins taping phone conversations between Lisa and her mother in an attempt to figure out who Lisa is having an affair with. Meanwhile, as things spiral downward for Johnny, he leans more on Mark and a psychologist for help keeping it all together. However, the affair between Mark and Lisa comes to light (in a very public way), flinging Johnny headlong into a nervous breakdown…and worse!

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99 MIN

Join us October 9th at 5:00 p.m. as the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism presents an exclusive screening of a powerful film about the plight of Australian journalist Peter Greste!

This event will also include a post-show Q&A with Peter Greste himself

Admission is FREE and open to the public – Tickets are required

About the event

“The Correspondent” chronicles Award-winning journalist Peter Greste’s reporting on the Arab Spring uprising. He becomes entangled in a deadly game of rivalries. Imprisoned ffor sever years despite his innocence, he survives on wits alone before his release in 2015. This exclusive screening is a partnership between the Journalism School and TriCoast Entertainment.

Richard Roxburgh (Moulin Rouge!, Rake) stars as Greste. He’s joined by Rahel Romahn (Furios: A Mad Max Saga, Shantaram), Julian Maroun (Ladies in Black, Romper Stomper). Kriv Stenders directed.

About Peter Greste

Professor Peter Greste is an award-winning foreign correspondent who spent 25 years working for the BBC, Reuters and Al Jazeera in some of the world’s most volatile places. From Afghanistan, to Latin American, Africa and the Middle East, he reported from the frontlines and beyond, although he is best known for becoming a headline himself, when he and two of his colleagues were arrested in Cairo while working for Al Jazeera, and charged with terrorism offences. In letters smuggled from prison, he described the arrests as an attack on media freedom. The letters helped launch a global campaign that eventually got them released after more than 400 days in prison. He has since become a vocal campaigner and advocate for media freedom – a stance that has earned him awards from Britain’s Royal Television Society, the Walkley Foundation, the RSL’s ANZAC Peace Prize, the Australian Human Rights Commission’s Human Rights Medal, and the International Association of Press Clubs’ Freedom of Speech Award. He has written about his experiences in Egypt and what he regards as the global war on journalism in a book, The First Casualty.

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159 MIN

Join us Sunday, October 11th at 3:00 p.m. for a special screening of the Oscar-winning adaptation of Percival Everett’s critically acclaimed novel Erasure in honor of the author’s visit to Ohio University!

FREE Admission – Tickets

The film will be introduced by Dean Rob Ross of University Libraries

Everett will visit the OHIO campus on Monday, October 12th and discuss his latest book James in Morton Hall Rm 201 from 7:00-8:30 p.m.

For more information on Speaker, please visit www.prhspeakers.com

About the film

Jeffrey Wright stars as Thelonious “Monk” Ellison, a writer who decides (half-jokingly) to write a novel that leans heavily into racial stereotypes to appease his publishing company who claims his work isn’t “black” enough (but, also, a little out of spite at having poor sales for his hard work as a novelist). The book, however, becomes an unexpected critical and financial success, and Ellison is faced with juggling the fame and fallout from his underhanded act.

A smart and sharp comedy, American Fiction, based on Percival Everett’s novel Erasure, has been highly praised by critics and is considered by many to be Jeffrey Wright’s finest performance in a career full of stellar roles. Featuring a fantastic supporting cast that includes Tracee Ellis Ross, Sterling K Brown, and John Ortiz, the film not only won numerous awards on the independent film festival circuit, but was also nominated for 5 Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Actor, and won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

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117 MIN