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Sustainability Series: ACKROYD & HARVEY: THE ART OF ACTIVISM

Viewing: November 18,2026

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Join us Wednesday, November 18th at 7:00 p.m. as our 14th annual Sustainability Film Series concludes with an award-winning documentary about two artists whose work bridges the gap between expression and environmental activism!

Admission is FREE – Tickets are required

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Ackroyd & Harvey: The Art of Activism is the latest film from award-winning documentary maker Fiona Cunningham-Reid. An intimate portrait of internationally acclaimed artists, Heather Ackroyd and Dan Harvey, who work at the intersection of art, activism, biology and ecology, and their quest to shake humanity into action on climate catastrophe – whatever the personal cost.

Intrinsically bound up in protest, the film follows the pair collaborating with Extinction Rebellion, and co-founding the movement, Culture Declares Emergency. Their work is uncompromisingly preoccupied with the climate and ecological crisis, and has become a rallying point for the environmental movement. It’s won them international acclaim, but the film leaves us in no doubt – they’d be creating it whether the world was watching or not.

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Running Time: 80 MIN80 MIN
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Movies on the Rooftop

What could be better than settling down to a classic movie with a bag of popcorn and delicious refreshments..? Doing it under the stars!

With our Movies on the Rooftop Series, we’re recapturing the classic vibe of sitting in a convertible during the drive-in movie era. The films in this series are screened atop the Athens City Parking Garage – affording a lovely view of the Uptown skyline – using our large inflatable screen and outdoor A/V setup.

Once the sun goes down, the stars come out — both the ones in the sky and the ones on the silver screen!

Visit this link to view our Rooftop FAQ page which provides further details about the series events.

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The Met: Live in HD: Camille Saint-Saën’s SAMSON ET DALILA

Viewing: December 05,2026

Sacred, scandalous, and irresistibly alluring, Saint-Saëns’s spectacular take on the biblical hero of legendary strength and the seductive Philistine whose beauty overpowers him returns in the Met’s larger-than-life production. Featuring a massive orchestra and chorus and some of opera’s most spellbinding tunes, this masterpiece of French grand opera is a feast for the eyes and ears. Giacomo Sagripanti conducts an electrifying cast led by the formidable star pairing of mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina and tenor Clay Hilley.

The screening will begin at 11:55 p.m.** and will conclude at approximately 4:00 p.m.

**NOTE: This screening starts earlier than normal

Admission $20 (Senior $18, Children $8)

OHIO Students Free with valid ID*

*Thanks to support from Arts for OHIO, we are able to offer a limited number of FREE student tickets available on a first-come, first-serve basis. Must have valid student I.D.

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Special thanks to George Weckman and the following supporters:

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Running Time: 234 MIN234 MIN
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From the Hills and Hollers: STRANGERS AND KIN: A HISTORY OF THE HILLBILLY IMAGE with Dr. Rachel Terman

Viewing: January 21,2027

Join us Thursday, January 21st as our Appalachian Stories Film Series continues with a poignant Appalshop documentary that examines the various “hillbilly” stereotypes associated with people from Appalachia!

Admission is FREE – Tickets are required

About the film

Sometimes funny, sometimes moving, this short 1983 Appalshop-produced documentary from filmmaker Herb E. Smith explores how the image of the “hillbilly” — and the negative stereotypes that come along with it — have unfairly taken root in the American psyche due to their proliferation in literature, film, news coverage, and other media of popular culture…in many cases as an underhanded way to ease the guilt of exploiting the rich resources and people of the Appalachian region of the United States.

About the speaker

Dr. Rachel Terman is Associate Professor of Sociology at Ohio University and an affiliate faculty member of the Appalachian Studies Program and the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program. She specializes in the sociology of Appalachia and the rural U.S.

Dr. Terman will introduce this classic Appalshop film from 1983 by talking about its contribution to the conversation about the hillbilly Appalachian identity and the value of Appalachian traditions and culture. Then, she will briefly discuss the film in the context of the subsequent four decades of social and cultural dynamics in Appalachia and remark on the ongoing relevance of Strangers and Kin to our lives in Appalachia today.

 

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

 

 

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Running Time: 48 MIN48 MIN
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The Met: Live in HD: Puccini’s LA FANICULLA DEL WEST

Viewing: January 23,2027

Puccini’s exhilarating drama of the Wild West returns in a new staging by celebrated British director Richard Jones, marking the company’s first new production of La Fanciulla del West in more than 30 years. Soprano Sondra Radvanovsky adds to her already remarkable Met repertoire, making her role debut as Minnie, the tough tavern owner with a heart of gold who finds love when she least expects it. Tenor SeokJong Baek is the dashing bandit who rambles into the remote California mining town to steal her heart, opposite baritone Christopher Maltman as the lawman determined to deliver rough justice—and win Minnie for himself. Maestro Keri-Lynn Wilson takes the podium to conduct one of opera’s most action-packed adventures.

The screening will begin at 12:55 p.m. and will conclude at approximately 4:15 p.m.

Admission $20 (Senior $18, Children $8)

OHIO Students Free with valid ID*

*Thanks to support from Arts for OHIO, we are able to offer a limited number of FREE student tickets available on a first-come, first-serve basis. Must have valid student I.D.

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LONGLEGS: Last Day Thursday, July 25th

Watch Trailer Director: Osgood Perkins
Cast: Nicholas Cage, Maika Monroe, Blair Underwood, Kiernan Shipka

FBI agent Lee Harker (Maika Monroe) wrestles with solving a strange case centered around a spate of serial murders which seem to point to a Satanic killer known as “Longlegs”. As Harker uncovers more evidence and descends deeper into the occult world surrounding the case, her investigation becomes even more puzzling as she discovers that she may have a personal connection to the killer. Time is of the essence if she hopes to bring the murders to an end.

Set in the 1990’s, this stylish horror-thriller from writer/director Osgood Perkins (son of Psycho star Anthony Perkins) stars Nicholas Cage, Maika Monroe, Blair Underwood, and Kiernan Shipka.

 

 

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Longlegs gets under your skin and stays there, immersing you so thoroughly in the repulsive, discomforting nature of evil through terrifying imagery and a tactile atmosphere that it’s unshakable.

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From the Hills and Hollers: A BEAST TOUCH THE MOUNTAIN with Jess Grim

Viewing: February 25,2027

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Join us Thursday, February 25th at 7:00 p.m. for the next installment in our Appalachian Stories Film Series as we present a film that shows the tenacity, grit, and perseverance of Appalachian women!

Admission is FREE – Tickets are required

About the film

Filmed over a year’s time in the region around Bent Mountain, VA, the filmmakers join a band of Appalachian local women in their underfunded, outmatched, and long-term battle against a corporation whose greed and corruption will seemingly stop at nothing to build a natural gas pipeline through the beautiful landscape of the Virginia mountains and put at risk the environment and livelihoods of tens of thousands of residents throughout Virginia and West Virginia.

Directed by award-winning screenwriter and director James Mottern — a Virginian himself — A Beast Touch The Mountain is a film with both a widespread message and a deeply personal one.

About the speaker

Jess Grim and friends will talk about MVP (Mountain Valley Pipeline) grassroots resistance, and the importance of resistance movements within the larger climate fight. Jess is with ECCA (Elders Coalition for Climate Action) and Third Act Ohio, and was on the planning team for the Great Ohio Climate March. She’s been involved in the climate movement for a good while, most actively in the last half-dozen years since retiring from her career as a librarian. She’s based in NE Ohio.

Check out the rest of our Hills & Hollers Series Line-Up

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

 

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WE GROWN NOW: Last Day Thursday, May 16th

Watch Trailer Director: Minhal Baig
Cast: Blake Cameron James, Gian Knight Ramirez, S. Epatha Merkerson

In 1992 Chicago, as Michael Jordan solidifies his legacy as a champion, the story of two young boys growing up in Cabrini Green begins — they may become legends in their own right. Wide-eyed and imaginative best friends, Malik and Eric wander the city, seeking to escape the banalities of school and the hardships of growing up in public housing. Their seemingly-unbreakable bond is challenged when tragedy shakes their community just as they are learning to fly.

Starring newcomers Blake Cameron James and Gian Knight Ramirez, this new film from writer/director Minhal Baig has already won the Changemaker Award at TIFF and the Audience Choice for Best New US Feature award at the Chicago International Film Festival.

 

 

 

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It’s a resolutely poetic, at times even golden-hued portrait of lives unafraid to hope amid growing despair.

Robert Abele
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WICKED LITTLE LETTERS: Last Day Thursday, May 23rd

Watch Trailer Director: Thea Sharrock
Writer(s): Jonny Sweet
Cast: Olivia Coleman, Jessie Buckley,

Olivia Coleman (The Crown) and Jessie Buckley (I’m Thinking of Ending Things) team up for a British black comedy set amid the UK’s suffragette movement during the 1920’s. Full of hijinks, plot twists, and fantastic acting from a stellar cast, this fun film shows what happens when a friendship is put to the test!

From filmmaker Thea Sharrock (Call the Midwife) and comedian Jonny Sweet, Wicked Little Letters is the perfect breath of hilarious fresh air that lets its two leads off the leash to do what they do best.

 

 

 

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