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OSCAR NOMINATED SHORTS: LIVE ACTION

Screening Only on Friday, March 8th & Saturday, March 9th 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 from both the Animated Shorts category and the Live Action […]

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The Met: Live in HD: Verdi’s LA FORZA DEL DESTINO

Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Verdi’s grand tale of ill-fated love, deadly vendettas, and family strife, with stellar soprano Lise Davidsen as the noble Leonora, one of the repertory’s most tormented—and thrilling—heroines. Director Mariusz Treliński delivers the company’s first new Forza in nearly 30 years, setting the scene in a contemporary world and making extensive use […]

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Sustainability Series: THE GREAT GREEN WALL

About the Film A landmass stretching uninterrupted for nearly 4000 miles, from Senegal on the Atlantic Coast to Djibouti on the coast of the Red Sea, Africa’s Sahel region serves as a climatic transition zone between the Sahara Desert to the north and the more tropical environments to the south. The Sahel not only embodies […]

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The Met: Live in HD: Gounod’s ROMEO ET JULIETTE

Two singers at the height of their powers—radiant soprano Nadine Sierra and tenor sensation Benjamin Bernheim—come together as the star-crossed lovers in Gounod’s sumptuous Shakespeare adaptation, with Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin on the podium to conduct one of the repertoire’s most romantic scores. Bartlett Sher’s towering staging also features baritone Will Liverman and tenor […]

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Friends of India Present: RRR

“Forget streaming- the joy of the communal RRR theatrical experience is as much fun as you can have” — Variance Films RRR – Rise, Roar, Revolt! – is the story of comrades Raju and Bheem who have embarked on a quest to incite a revolution in the 1920s and bring an end to the colonial […]

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SEED: THE UNTOLD STORY

The Athena Cinema and OEFFA are thrilled to present a special screening of this important Emmy-nominated documentary! Few things on Earth are as miraculous and vital as seeds – they have been worshipped and treasured by various peoples since the dawn of humankind. SEED: The Untold Story follows a handful of dedicated seed-keepers from around […]

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Moms Weekend: MAMMA MIA!

“It’s not easy being a mother. If it was, fathers would do it.” A film dedicated to the unconditional love between a mother and her child, MAMMA MIA is a worldwide sensation and one of the highest-grossing musical comedies of all time! Join us for a screening of this beloved classic on OU Moms Weekend […]

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BAD PRESS

About the film Bad Press follows the journey of tenacious Muscogee reporter Angel Ellis as she fights to bring free press back after it was swiftly repealed on the eve of an election year for the Muscogee Nation. The election is full of twists and turns, and she refuses to leave the fate of free […]

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From the Hills and Hollers: CALLS FROM HOME: PRISON RADIO IN APPALACHIA with Sylvia Ryerson

About the film Sylvia, a young radio DJ, hosts “Calls from Home”, a weekly radio call-in show in rural Kentucky that sends messages and shouts-out to people incarcerated in prisons throughout Central Appalachia, allowing the inmates and their families to bridge the iron bars of the corrections system and share a much-needed connection. Director Sylvia […]

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David Pepper: Saving Democracy

Join us for “Saving Democracy,” a presentation by David Pepper. David is a writer, democracy activist, former elected official, and former chair of the Ohio Democratic Party. He also currently serves as a senior fellow at the Kettering Foundation, and teaches election law and voting rights at the University of Cincinnati College of Law. David […]