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Hispanic Film Series: MOON’S HEART (El Corazón de la Luna)

Watch Trailer Director: Aldo Salvini
Cast: Haydee Cáceres, Bruno Balbuena, Sergio Velasco

Join us on Tuesday, October 21st at 7:00 p.m. as we finish up our Hispanic Film Series with a mesmerizing,  award-winning Peruvian sci-fi film with lots of heart!

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

This event will include a panel discussion

About the film

This inventive sci-fi/fantasy film – selected as Peru’s entry for Best International Film at the Academy Awards in 2023 – is the story of “M”, an elderly homeless woman who drifts through life as a lonely shadow crossing the same geography every day. Her days are spent day-dreaming about her past life until a chance encounter with an ant prompts her to share her world with the tiny, insignificant insect…A world made of nostalgic memories and a dark presence that haunts her. Soon thereafter, a strange being – a “mechanical angel” – arrives to help her get her life on better footing. Evoking the sense of abandonment and mental anguish that homeless people suffer, Moon’s Heart is an extraordinarily touching film featuring an unforgettable performance by lead actress Haydeé Cáceres.

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The Spanish Film Club series was made possible with the support of the OHIO School of International Studies and Languages (SISAL), Sigma Delta Pi (National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society), Pragda, SPAIN arts & culture, and the Secretary of State for Culture of Spain.

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Running Time: 80 MIN80 MIN
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From the Hills and Hollers: THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT with Travis Eskins

Watch Trailer Director: Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sánchez
Cast: Heather Donahue, Michael Williams, Joshua Leonard

Join us Thursday, October 23rd at 7:00 p.m. for a be-witching addition to our Appalachian Stories Film Series…The Blair Witch Project!

The event will include a pre-show presentation by Travis Eskins

Admission is FREE – Tickets are required

About the film

Three film students looking to make a documentary take a road trip to rural Maryland in order to investigate and interview residents about an alleged local myth centered on an entity known as “The Blair Witch”. Their efforts point them to a hermit who, fifty years ago, was reported to have kidnapped and murdered children deep in the forest. Beyond just being a grim story, the students learn more about the dark and mysterious character of the woods – more murders, disappearances, strange occult figures…in essence, the locals believe the forest to be cursed. When curiosity gets the better of the trio, they set out to explore the woods and see for themselves what secrets lie among the trees. What they discover is a force more dark than they could ever imagine.

About the speaker

Travis Eskins is a graduate student in the Film Studies program at Ohio University. He was born and raised in Huntington, West Virginia, where he studied Film and English Literature at Marshall University. His work is focused on depictions of labor movements in film, especially those from the Appalachian region. He is currently teaching a course on films set in Appalachia. Travis will be discussing The Blair Witch Project’s influential role in modern film history and connecting it to the local legend of the Mothman through the concepts of Commemoration and Folklore-ization of actual events.

 

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This series is sponsored by the Ohio Honors Program, University Libraries, College of Health Sciences and Professions, The Department of Social and Public Health, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, OU School of Film, and The Office of Signature Academic Experiences.

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Running Time: 81 MIN81 MIN
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PRESSURE

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Academy Award winner Brendan Fraser stars as Supreme Allied Commander Dwight Eisenhower in this new epic war drama that delves deep into the tension and high-stakes involved in the crucial 72-hour period just before the invasion of Normandy during WWII. As Ike and his general staff are finalizing plans for one of the greatest military operations in history, everything hinges upon the weather. While the military commanders carry a heavy load, the real burden rests on British meteorologist Capt. James Stagg (played by Andrew Scott) who is tasked with predicting what the skies will have in store for a maneuver that will surely lead to mass casualties and ultimately decide the fate of the free world!

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Running Time: 100 MIN100 MIN
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THE DEATH OF ROBIN HOOD

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Director Michael Sarnoski offers up a gritty and thrilling re-telling of one of the world’s most famous heroes of legend in this new film from A24 Studios!

Stripping away the traditional mythology surrounding Robin Hood, and inspired by a 17th-century ballad that darkly tells of the story of the hero’s death, and instead allows Hollywood heavyweight Hugh Jackman to portray Hood as an aging, cutthroated criminal who is wrestling with his own mortality, his past choices, and the legacy he chooses to leave behind.

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Running Time: 123 MIN123 MIN
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CLJC & OIP Present: Wrongful Conviction Day

Join us Tuesday, October 28th at 7:00 p.m. in support of Wrongful Conviction Day with a special event presentation sponsored by the Center for Law Justice & Culture, The Ohio Innocence Project, and The Ohio Innocence Project University Chapter

“Cells and Sunshine Laws: The Importance of Public Records to Innocence Work” with special guest speakers:

Laurese Glover, OIP Exoneree

Lorenzo Vasquez, OIP Exoneree

Kay Anderson, Executive Director of the Northwest Ohio Innocence Clinic

Pierce Reed Esq., Director of Policy and Engagement, Ohio Innocence Project

Joanna Sanchez, Esq., Staff Attorney, Exoneration Project

Tuesday, October 28th at 7:00 p.m.

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

*Tickets will be available to claim in-person in our lobby during normal business hours leading up to and on the evening of the event

Wrongful Conviction Day 2025 will be hosted by the OIP (Ohio Innocence Project), OIPU (Ohio Innocence Project University chapter) and the CLJC (Center for Law Justice and Culture). It will be featuring multiple guest speakers who will be traveling to Ohio University to share their experiences surrounding wrongful conviction, the effects that wrongful conviction and imprisonment have on those accused, and those close to the accused, and the work that organizations such as the OIP are doing to reverse and prevent instances of wrongful conviction from occurring in the State of Ohio.

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Sustainability Series: COMMON GROUND with Dr. David Rosenthal

Watch Trailer Director: Josh & Rebecca Tickell
Cast: Laura Dern, Jason Momoa, Donald Glover, Woody Harrelson, Rosario Dawson, Cory Booker
Awards: Tribecca Film Fest - Human/Nature Award

Join us Wednesday, October 29th at 7:00 p.m. for an uplifting documentary detailing the situation from the front-line of America’s dysfunctional food system!

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

This event will include a pre-show presentation by Ohio University Associate Professor Dr. David Rosenthal of the Environmental and Plant Biology Department

About the film

Common Ground is the highly anticipated sequel to the juggernaut success documentary Kiss the Ground, which touched over 1 billion people globally and inspired the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to put $20 billion toward soil health. By fusing journalistic exposé with deeply personal stories from those on the front lines of the food movement, Common Ground unveils a dark web of money, power, and politics behind our broken food system. The film reveals how unjust practices forged our current farm system in which farmers of all colors are literally dying to feed us. The film profiles a hopeful and uplifting movement of white, black, and indigenous farmers who are using alternative “regenerative” models of agriculture that could balance the climate, save our health, and stabilize America’s economy – before it’s too late.

About the speaker

David Rosenthal is an Associate Professor in the Environmental and Plant Biology department where he studies plant responses to environmental stressors. He is particularly interested in climate change impacts on plant and crop productivity. Dr. Rosenthal has studied soybean, cassava, sunflowers and sweet potato, as well as wild plant and tree responses to climate change. His crop studies began on large-scale, industrial, monoculture farms, but his interests have broadened to include addressing challenges associated with small scale, diversified, sustainable agriculture.

Dr. Rosenthal coordinates the Ohio Student Farm, where sales of produce in the Athens community support farm activities. With little operational support from the University, the farm depends on a volunteer farm manager, student workers, and interns to grow and sell produce to local businesses, at auctions, and to Ohio University culinary services. Excess produce is donated to or purchased by campus, local non-profits and community food banks. Follow the link below for more info about Dr. Rosenthal and his work:

https://www.ohio.edu/cas/rosentha

 

 

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This series was made possible thanks to the following sponsors:

 

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Running Time: 101 MIN101 MIN
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THE RIVALS OF AMZIAH KING

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Matthew McConaughey, Angelina LookingGlass, and Kurt Russell star in this exciting new crime thriller from writer/director Andrew Patterson!

Deep within the backwoods of rural Oklahoma, charismatic and musically gifted Amziah King leads a bluegrass-playing band of misfits while also overseeing a premier beekeeping operation in town to extract and sell honey. When Kateri, King’s estranged foster daughter, returns home unexpectedly, King jumps at the opportunity to renew their severed connection and convert the honey business into a family affair. The honey game turns out to be ruthless, however, and rivals threaten to destroy everything King has tried to build.

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Running Time: 130 MIN130 MIN
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COYOTE VS. ACME – Last Day: Thursday, September 24th

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The lines between Looney Tunes and real life get blurred in this latest animated action-comedy, featuring the world’s biggest glutton for punishment…Wile E. Coyote!

You know the story (mostly): It seems that every time desert denizen Wile E. Coyote uses a product made by the notorious Acme Corporation to put an end to his road-running nemesis, it backfires on him. That may change, however. One day, whist cooking up a scheme, our (unfortunate) hero sees a commercial advertising the services of washed-up human billboard attorney Kevin Avery (played by SNL alum Will Forte). Coyote decides the day has come to what what we in the USA do best…litigate! Wile hires Avery to represent him in a lawsuit against Acme, and the two strike up a friendship that gets the ball rolling to potentially win the case. However, they might get more than they bargained for — Acme, as it turns, out is represented by high-powered attorney ZBuddy Crane (John Cena), Avery’s former boss and a formidable foe in the arena of  justice!

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Running Time: 101 MIN101 MIN
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LATE FAME – Last Day: Thursday, September 10th

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Willem Dafoe and Greta Lee star in a new film written by Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Samy Burch which offers a modern take on the classic satirical novella by 19th century Austrian author Arthur Schnitzler!

Ed Saxberger (Dafoe) plays a poet who has chased fame unsuccessfully for decades, and who has found a second life as a postal worker. When a young admirer appears on his doorstep out of the blue, Saxberger is suddenly thrust into a milieu of newfound attention in his work by a group of young writers and artists, and he gets a fresh burst of inspiration to once again flex his creative muscles. It is not long, however, before this renewed attention begins to go to Saxberger’s head — especially the attention lavished upon his by an alluring actress named Gloria (Lee). As a consequence, Saxberger must begin to reckon with the genuineness of the new poetic circle he has suddenly found himself a part of.

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Running Time: 96 MIN96 MIN
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Horror In Color: PAN’S LABYRINTH

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One Night Only: Friday, October 31st at 7:00 p.m.

Join us for a special event screening of Guillermo del Toro’s magnificent, Oscar-winning fantasy film!

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Pre-Show Trivia

Admission is FREE – Tickets are required

Seating starts at 7:00 p.m. and the film will begin at 7:30 p.m.

This year, we’re celebrating Halloween with one of the best fantasy movies of all time! Once again, we’ve teamed up with local movie-lovers Dr Gordon Briggs and Brandon Thompson to bring you another dose Horror In Color. As always, Gordon and Brandon will be in-costume as their favorite characters from Pan’s Labyrinth, so we encourage you to follow suit!

About the film

It’s 1944 and the Allies have invaded Nazi-held Europe. In Spain, a troop of soldiers are sent to a remote forest to flush out the rebels. They are led by Capitan Vidal, a murdering sadist, and with him are his new wife Carmen and her daughter from a previous marriage, 11-year-old Ofelia. Ofelia witnesses her stepfather’s sadistic brutality and is drawn into Pan’s Labyrinth, a magical world of mythical beings.

Pan’s Labyrinth has been hailed by critics, added to the top of many “Top 10” lists, and earned Oscars for Art Direction, Cinematography, and Makeup. It is regarded as one of Guillermo del Toro’s best films!

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Running Time: 118 MIN118 MIN
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