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Sustainability Series: NOT WITHOUT US

Watch Trailer Director: Mark Decena
Writer(s): Mark Decena
Cast: Nnimmo Bassey, Alix Mazounie, Pat Mooney

At the U.N. Climate talks in Paris, two weeks after terrorists attacks created a state of emergency that outlawed all “unofficial” political gatherings, follow seven global grassroots activists as they attempt to unleash the only force that can prevent catastrophic climate change: the will of the people. Not Without Us documents a crucial moment in history, framing the root causes of the global climate crisis and the greatest inequality in the history of mankind, as one and the same. Seen from the perspective of frontline communities, the film interweaves the personal stories and motivations of the activists portrayed, conveying to a broader audience why the call for deeper and far reaching change is not only necessary, but also humane.

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Running Time: 72 minutes72 MIN
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THE GREATEST SHOWMAN: Last Day Thursday, January 4th

Watch Trailer Director: Michael Gracey
Writer(s): Jenny Bicks, Bill Condon
Cast: Hugh Jackman, Zac Efron, Michelle Williams, Zendaya

“The Greatest Showman” is a bold and original musical that celebrates the birth of show business and the sense of wonder we feel when dreams come to life. Inspired by the ambition and imagination of P.T. Barnum, “The Greatest Showman” tells the story of a visionary who rose from nothing to create a mesmerizing spectacle that became a worldwide sensation. “The Greatest Showman” is directed by exciting new filmmaker, Michael Gracey, with songs by Academy Award® winners Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (“La La Land”) and starring Academy Award nominee Hugh Jackman. Jackman is joined by Zac Efron, Academy Award nominee Michelle Williams, Rebecca Ferguson and Zendaya.

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BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN

Watch Trailer Director: James Whale
Writer(s): William Hurlbut
Cast: Boris Karloff, Elsa Lanchester, Colin Clive

In honor of the 200th anniversary of the publication of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, the Technology and Society Certificate Program presents James Whale’s 1935 masterpiece. The event includes a panel discussion of Frankenstein and its importance to science and culture in the 21st century.

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Running Time: 75 min75 MIN
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Whale's most perfectly realised movie, a delight from start to finish.

Geoff Andrew
Time Out
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Mix Tape: SIDEMEN: LONG ROAD TO GLORY

Watch Trailer Director: Scott D. Rosenbaum

Narrated by Marc Maron and directed by Scott Rosenbaum, this documentary explores the legacy of blues musicians Pinetop Perkins, Willie “Big Eyes” Smith, and Hubert Sumlin, best known for their work as sidemen for Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf. The film includes their last concerts and interviews before they passed away, and also celebrates their lives via accounts from the next generation of musicians who were inspired by the trio.

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

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Running Time: 77 min77 MIN
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'Sidemen' is an exceptionally entertaining and captivating tribute to the men and their music - and there's more than enough of said music here to please blues aficionados and recruit converts.

Joe Leydon
Variety
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Sustainability Series: THE BORNEO CASE

Watch Trailer Director: Erik Pauser, Dylan Williams
Cast: MUTANG URUD, CLARE REWCASTLE BROWN, PETER JOHN JABAN, LUKAS STRAUMANN

Filmmakers Erik Pauser and Dylan Williams spend five years intimately following the trail of an unlikely group of activists whose aim is to investigate how profits from the illegal logging that has annihilated more than 90% of the Malaysian Borneo Rainforest, have been money laundered into property portfolios all around the world.

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Running Time: 90 minutes90 MIN
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Mix Tape: WILCO: I AM TRYING TO BREAK YOUR HEART

Watch Trailer Director: Sam Jones

Before Wilco was considered a “marketable” band, their fourth album faced heavy scrutiny from their record label before its release. When they were told to make wholesale changes or else they would be dropped from Reprise Records, Wilco faced a life-changing and potentially career-ending decision: stand by their work or make compromise? I Am Trying to Break Your Heart captures the decision and the aftermath for Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, which Rolling Stone now calls a classic rock album.

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

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Running Time: 92 min92 MIN
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A cohesive demonstration of why Wilco, as a whole, is one of the most compelling musical entities working today.

Wendy Case
Detroit News
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Sustainability Series: WHAT LIES UPSTREAM: WATER AND SOIL TESTING CAMPAIGN

Watch Trailer Director: Cullen Hoback
Cast: Dr. Marc Edwards, Dr. Rahul Gupta, Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha

In this classic detective story, investigative filmmaker Cullen Hoback travels to West Virginia to uncover the truth behind a massive chemical spill that left 300,000 people without drinking water for months. But when Hoback discovers an obscene collusion between chemical corporations and the highest levels of government, the investigation spirals in a terrifying direction, and we learn the frightening truth about what lies upstream of us all.

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Running Time: 89 minutes89 MIN
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Couldn't be more timely.

Liz Calvario
IndieWire
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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

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
R Rated
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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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