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SHOW HER THE MONEY Documentary

Watch Trailer Director: Ky Dickens

Join us on Wednesday, February 19th at 7:00 p.m. for a special event screening of the documentary

“Show Her the Money”

To register for your ticket*, visit the link below:

https://ohio.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6xNbCtYZbX039TU

*If you register in advance for the screening, you will need to present your registration confirmation at the event and you will be given a ticket for admission.

The screening will also include a short special panel discussion with Jessica Kopelwitz of TechGrowth OHIO, Faith Voinovich of Ohio Innovation Fund, and Orlie Benjamin, Founder of Lasoh.

About the Film

This is a story that’s never been told.

Show Her The Money addresses how women are getting less than 2% of venture capital funding and demystifies what venture capital is.

Featuring rock-star female investors who invest in diverse women entrepreneurs with innovations that will change the world, Show Her The Money reminds us that money is power and women need it to achieve true equality.

The film follows four visionary entrepreneurs as they endure uphill battles to turn their ideas into reality. In spite of their dedication and passion constantly being challenged, these women, with the financial support and mentorship of their angel investors, become even more determined, resourceful and resilient, and the growth of their businesses is mind-blowing. Each business has the potential to become a “unicorn” … a billion dollar business.

It was a woman who invented the electric dishwasher, central gas heating, and the list goes on. Who knows how much our society and our planet will benefit from future generations of women with game-changing creations and innovative ideas? The only way we’ll ever know is if we SHOW HER THE MONEY!

This event was sponsored by the following organizations: The Center for Entrepreneurship, Ohio Women In Business, The Innovation Center, Women’s Center, and TechGrowth OHIO

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Running Time: 84 MIN84 MIN
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Heroes In Color: BLADE II

Watch Trailer Director: Guillermo del Toro
Cast: Wesley Snipes, Ron Perlman, Kris Kristofferson, Norman Reedus

Join us Friday, February 21st at 7:00 p.m. for the frightfully good continuation of our Heroes In Color Series…Blade II!

Admission is FREE – Tickets are required

Screening will include pre-show trivia, a special cocktail, and more!

Seating and pre-show activities start at 7:00 p.m. and the film will start around 7:30 p.m.

About the film

Blade is back! The blood-drinking anti-hero from the Marvel Cinematic Universe is still out there keeping the world safe from vampires. As he searches for his mentor who has been kidnapped and held prisoner by a gang of vampires, Blade discovers that a pandemic is spreading whereby the virus turns both humans and vampires into “Reapers”, a new menace with a higher degree of blood-thirstiness, a nastier bite, and an immunity to the usual weapons against vampirism. So, in order to combat this new threat, Blade has to team up with The Bloodpack – a group of elite vampire soldiers – who were once hired to assassinate him. When the virus infiltrates the newly-formed team, it’s anybody’s guess how Blade will handle himself when the threat of destruction is coming equally from without and within!

Directed by visionary filmmaker Guillermo del Toro, Blade II is a thrilling (and sometimes stomach-turning) follow-up to the film that started it all.

 

Click here to see the rest of our exciting Heroes In Color Film Series line-up

 

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Running Time: 117 MIN117 MIN
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Mean Girls Mimosa Matinee: LEGALLY BLONDE

Watch Trailer Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Owen Wilson, Selma Blair, Jennifer Coolidge

Join us Saturday, February 22nd at 12:00 p.m. for a fun matinee screening of LEGALLY BLONDE…with mimosas!

Admission $5

About the film

Thinking that her boyfriend has asked her to dinner to propose, SoCal sorority girl Elle Woods is surprised when he instead breaks up with her because he feels she isn’t serious enough to be suited for his future political aspirations. Desiring to win him back, Elle takes the LSAT, scores well, and gains admission to Harvard Law School.  However, she finds that acceptance in the Ivy League is hard to come by due to her California vibes and has trouble being taken seriously by her classmates and teachers. When she’s finally given the chance to prove herself, however, Elle demonstrates that she’s more than just a pretty (blonde-headed) face!

Check out the rest of our line-up of films in the Mean Girls Mimosa Matinees Series

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Let’s Do Lynch: LOST HIGHWAY

Watch Trailer Cast: Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, Balthazar Getty, Robert Loggia, Robert Blake

Join us Tuesday, February 25th at 7:00 p.m. for Let’s Do Lynch: A David Lynch Retrospective — we’ll be heading out on a road-trip into surrealist neo-noir!

Admission $8

About the film

“Dick Laurent is dead…” This mysterious message is transmitted over the house intercom of Fred Madison, an avant-garde saxophonist living in Los Angeles. The next day, his wife, Renee, finds a manilla envelope on the stoop that contains a VHS tape. The two sit and watch it only to discover that the video footage is of their house. Another tape arrives soon thereafter, this time showing a more intrusive view of the couple in bed asleep — a POV that could only be obtained by someone standing in their bedroom. To make matters worse, Fred has been having a dream wherein his wife is attacked by creepy assailant. When Fred later actually encounters the strange man at a party, he is revealed to be a friend of Dick Laurent. When a third tape arrives showing Renee dead and dismembered, Fred is falsely accused of the murder and thrown in jail. As if all of this wasn’t weird enough, Fred’s incarceration kicks off a chain of events that plumb the depths of David Lynch’s hallmark style of surreal story-telling!

Returning to themes similar to those explored in Blue Velvet, David Lynch once again deals with the “femme fatale” and the hero who inhabits a bleak landscape of distrust, violence, lust, and greed. What sets this film apart, however, is that the “hero” is not embodied by two characters who seem to share a connection not defined by normal reality.

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Running Time: 134 MIN134 MIN
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Heroes In Color: THE LAST DRAGON

Watch Trailer Director: Michael Schultz
Cast: Taimak, Vanity, Julius Carry

Join us on Friday, February 28th at 7:00 p.m. as we present the final installment of our Heroes In Color Series – the kick-ass classic The Last Dragon!

Admission is FREE – Tickets are required

Screening will include pre-show trivia, a special cocktail, and more!

Seating and pre-show activities start at 7:00 p.m. and the film will start around 7:30 p.m.

About the film

Leroy “Bruce Leeroy” Green embarks on a quest through the gritty streets of New York to complete his training and gain the level of martial arts mastery that will make him a true black belt like his hero Bruce Lee. When Sho’nuff, the self-proclaimed “Shogun of Harlem”, catches wind of Leroy’s abilities, he challenges the youth to a fight to see who will glow brightest as the baddest butt-kicker in town.

Released in 1985, this film broke with tradition by featuring a mostly-black cast in a kung-fu action movie. Additionally, it was produced by Motown’s head-honcho Barry Gordy and, as a result, boasts a soundtrack that includes the smooth sounds of artists like Debarge, Smokey Robinson, The Temptations, Rockwell, and Stevie Wonder. As much an action-packed martial arts extravaganza as it is a love letter to all things ’80s, The Last Dragon is a cult classic that you surely won’t want to miss!

 

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Oscar Nominated Shorts: ANIMATION

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Screening Only on Friday, February 28th & Saturday, March 1st

The Oscar season is just around the corner! So, we’re excited to announce that we’ll be screening some of the short films that have been nominated for cinema’s most prestigious award. We’ll be showing films, presented by SHORTS, from both the Animated Shorts category and the Live Action Shorts category on February 28th and March 1st. We’ll also have ballots available for attendees, so you can cast your vote for the films you think best deserve to take home the handsome golden statue.

It’s a great honor to offer our community the chance to see these amazing and creative films before the official Academy Awards broadcast taking place on March 2nd, 2025!

Some films may contain content not suitable for children.

Featured Animated Shorts

Beautiful Men – Directed by Nicolas Keppens. Belgium/France/The Netherlands, 18 min, 2023. This film includes nudity, and may not be appropriate for audiences under 14 years old

Synopsis: Three balding brothers travel to Istanbul to get a hair transplant. Stuck with each other in a hotel far from home, their insecurities grow faster than their hair.

 

In The Shadow Of The Cypress – Directed by Hossein Molayemi and Shirin Sohani. Iran, 20 min, 2023.

Synopsis: Living in a house with his daughter by the sea, a former captain who has post-traumatic stress disorder leads a tough and secluded life.

 

Magic Candies – Directed by Daisuke Nishio. Japan, 21 min, 2024.

Synopsis: The other kids at the park never ask Dong-Dong to play. But he’s fine just playing marbles on his own. One day he goes out in search of new marbles, but ends up buying a bag of colorful, marble-shaped candies instead. But the first time he pops one of them into his mouth, he’s astonished to hear his old sofa talking to him! For the next few minutes, until the candy melts away, he has the most unexpected and amazing conversation of his life. Realizing that these are no ordinary candies, Dong-Dong looks at the rest of the colorful sweets. Who else will he be able to talk to, and what else will he learn, through these magic candies?

 

Wander to Wonder – Directed by Nina Gantz. The Netherlands/Belgium/France, 13 min, 2023. This film includes nudity, and may not be appropriate for audiences under 14 years old.

Synopsis: Mary, Billybud, and Fumbleton are three tiny humans who star in a kids’ TV series called WANDER TO WONDER. After the creator dies, they are left alone in the studio. Struggling to find enough to eat, they continue to make increasingly strange episodes for their fans.

 

Yuck! (Buerk!) – Directed by Loïc Espuche. France, 13 min, 2024.

Synopsis: Adults kiss each other on the mouth, and children find it disgusting! What’s more, you can see it from afar: when people are about to kiss, their lips become all pink and shiny. Little Léo makes jokes about it, as do the other kids at the summer camp. But, he has a secret he won’t tell his friends: his own mouth has actually begun glistening. And, in reality, Léo desperately wants to give kissing a try.

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Oscar Nominated Shorts: LIVE ACTION

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Screening Only on Friday, February 28th & Saturday, March 1st

Oscar season is just around the corner! So, we’re excited to announce that we’ll be screening some of the short films that have been nominated for cinema’s most prestigious award. We’ll be showing films, presented by SHORTS, from both the Animated Shorts category and the Live Action Shorts category on February 28th and March 1st. We’ll also have ballots available for attendees, so you can cast your vote for the films you think are most deserving of the handsome golden statue.

It’s a great honor to offer our community the chance to see these amazing and creative films before the official Academy Awards broadcast taking place on March 2nd, 2025!

Some films may feature content not suitable for children.

Featured Live Action Shorts

A Lien – Directed by David and Sam Cutler-Kreutz. USA, 14 min, 2023.

Synopsis: On the day of their green card interview, a couple confronts a dangerous immigration process.

Anuja – Directed by Adam J. Graves. India/USA, 22 min, 2024.

Synopsis: ANUJA tells the story of a gifted nine-year-old girl who, alongside her sister Palak, faces a life-changing opportunity that tests their bond and mirrors the struggles of girls worldwide.

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I’m Not A Robot (Ik ben geen robot) – Directed by Victoria Warmerdam. Netherlands/Belgium, 22 min, 2023.

Synopsis: After repeatedly failing CAPTCHA tests, music producer Lara becomes obsessed with a disturbing question: could sh be a robot..?

 

The Last Ranger – Directed by Cindy Lee. South Africa, 28 min, 2024.

Synopsis: When young Litha is introduced to the magic of a game reserve by the last remaining ranger, they are ambushed by poachers. In the ensuing battle to save the rhinos, Litha discovers a terrible secret.

 

The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent Directed by Nebojša Slijepčević. Croatia/Bulgaria/France/Slovenia, 13 min, 2024.

Synopsis: In the middle of winter, a passenger train is stopped by paramilitary forces. As they arrest innocent civilians, only one man out of 500 dares to stand up to them. This is the true story of a man who could not remain silent.

 

 

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Let’s Do Lynch: MULHOLLAND DRIVE

Watch Trailer Cast: Naomi Watts, Justin Theroux, Laura Harring, Robert Forster
Awards: Best Director (nom) - Academy Awards

Join us Tuesday, March 4th at 7:00 p.m. for another fantastic installment of Let’s Do Lynch: A David Lynch Retrospective — a brilliant film that peers into the shadows cast by the spotlights in Hollywood!

Admission $8

About the film

An attempted murder on Hollywood’s famed Mulholland Drive goes awry when a car crash kills the assailant and leaves the victim, a beautiful dark-haired woman, with amnesia. She wanders the streets of Los Angeles, unable to remember her own identity. She eventually finds her way into an apartment occupied by aspiring actress Betty Wells. The woman, after being discovered by Betty, claims falsely that her name is “Rita” – taking the name from a movie poster for the film Gilda, starring Rita Hayworth – and explains to Betty that she has amnesia and is in danger. From there, the two women embark on a journey to try and learn Rita’s true identity. As it turns out, Rita is actually an actress named Camilla Rhodes whose career trajectory has some very dark forces guiding it.

Considered one of David Lynch’s best films, Mulholland Drive earned him an Oscar nomination for Best Director, as well as a win for the Best Director award at Cannes the year of the film’s release.

 

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From the Hills and Hollers: HEROIN(E) with Rebecca Robison-Miller

Watch Trailer Director: Elaine McMillion Sheldon

Appalachia has been hit incredibly hard by the terrible opioid epidemic that has ravaged America from coast to coast and from the urban heart of cities to the smallest of rural communities. Some even go so far as to say that an entire generation (maybe two) have been lost to death, incarceration, and traumas of various kinds.

In 2016 and 2017, filmmaker Elaine McMillion Sheldon spent time in and around Huntington, West Virginia – where the effects of the opioid crisis are 10-times more impactful than the national average – and followed a host of community people who are engaged in the fight against the destructive power of heroin, prescription pills, and fentanyl; particularly, Huntington Fire Chief Jan Rader who walks the frontlines with first-responders dealing with an unprecedented number of daily overdose crises.

Like Heroin(e), McMillion-Sheldon’s films (Recovery Boys, King Coal) are critically-acclaimed for their unflinching, yet compassionate, portraits of the real issues that define the Appalachia as told directly by the people at the heart of it all. As a native of the region, she is specially adept at telling the stories that need to be told, and proving that, no matter how dire things get, there is always hope for a better future.

About the Speaker

Rebecca Robison-Miller serves as the Senior Director of Community Relations for the Ohio University College of Health Sciences & Professions where she is also an instructor in the Department of Social & Public Health. Rebecca currently leads several initiatives around substance abuse disorder and health disparity for the college in partnership with a wide variety of community partners. Before coming to the university, Rebecca worked in social services and as the director of two local child advocacy non-profit organizations. She is a two-time graduate of Ohio University and involved with a number of local and statewide initiatives, boards and commissions. Rebecca is proud to have grown up in Athens and lives in the community with her husband and daughters.

Check out the rest of our films for the Appalachian Stories series

This series is sponsored by the Ohio Honors Program, University Libraries, College of Health Sciences and Professions, The Department of Social and Public Health, GO Local, University College, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, The Multicultural Center and The Black Student Cultural Programming Board, Center for Campus and Community Engagement, and The Women’s Center.

 

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Classics & Cocktails: THE BIG LEBOWSKI – One Night Only!

Watch Trailer Director: Joel and Ethan Coen
Cast: Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, Julianne Moore, John Turturro

Come abide with us Friday, March 7th (the day after the international celebration of “The Day of The Dude”) at 7:00 p.m. for the kick-off to the latest round of our Classics & Cocktails Series with the Coen Brother’s The Big Lebowski!

The featured cocktail: “The Dude’s Caucasian” (a.k.a. White Russian) = West End Distillery Coffee Liqueur, Eleven Square Vodka, Vanilla, Simple Syrup, Snowville Creamery 1/2 & 1/2

Plus, we’ll have a great selection of Jackie O’s beer, West End CiderHouse ciders, wine, and more! We’ll also have trivia and prizes. If you’re feeling groovy, why not dress up like your favorite character from the film while you’re at it..?

Admission $8

About the film

The Dude abides! That’s right, Mr. Jeffrey Lebowski, aka “The Dude”, has found contentment living the LA slacker lifestyle…he’s a sort of bodhisattva of bowling alleys, booze, and bong rips. One night, however, The Dude is attacked in his apartment by a couple of thugs who steal his rug…a rug that really ties his living room together. Enlisting the help of his bowling buddies Walter and Donny to investigate, The Dude soon learns that the crime was the result of mistaken identity…there’s actually another Jeffrey Lebowski!

This classic Coen Brothers film has all the hallmarks of their best work – a wild story, unforgettable characters, and an endless list of quotable one-liners. There’s no question why it is recognized the world over as one of the greatest cult films of all time!

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