WIND RIVER

Wind River is a chilling thriller that follows a rookie FBI agent (Elizabeth Olsen) who teams up with a local game tracker with deep community ties and a haunted past (Jeremy Renner) to investigate the murder of a local girl on a remote Native American Reservation in the hopes of solving her mysterious death. Written and […]

Food on Film: BUGS

  Series Description: What’s for breakfast, lunch and dinner are universal questions, and what’s on your plate reveals much about your culture and society. The Food on Film series serves up films that highlight not only the cuisines of different countries but also ways in which the food we eat tells the stories of our […]

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Art House Theater Day

Art House Theater Day celebrates the legacy of independent theaters as advocates for cinema arts. In an age where media has become more digital than tangible, more solitary than social, art house theaters remain the physical spaces where film lovers congregate and connect with intrepid, creative filmmaking. They are the beating heart for new and […]

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Masters Mix Tape: BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB

Celebrated director Wim Wenders travels through the beautiful tropic of Cuba with guitarist Ry Cooder and his son, Joachim to gather the country’s finest but sadly forgotten aging musicians to band together and create the ultimate album. The culmination is a once-in-a-lifetime performance unlike anything seen or heard before in this Oscar nominated documentary. Feat. Buena Vista Social Club BIG SCREEN. BIG SOUND. NOT […]

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Food on Film: KING CORN

  Series Description: What’s for breakfast, lunch and dinner are universal questions, and what’s on your plate reveals much about your culture and society. The Food on Film series serves up films that highlight not only the cuisines of different countries but also ways in which the food we eat tells the stories of our […]

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Masters Mix Tape: DAVE CHAPPELLE’S BLOCK PARTY

From director Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) and comedian Dave Chappelle comes a doc about the party of a decade, inspired by the 70s’ legendary concert/documentary Wattstax. Following the hilarious road trip from Chappelle’s hometown in Ohio to Brooklyn, the comedian surprises and invites strangers from all walks of life to a festival featuring some of the biggest and baddest artists in […]

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African & African Diaspora Series: CROWN HEIGHTS

This true story, adapted from an acclaimed segment of NPR’s ‘This American Life,” is a story of fighting for freedom. In 1980, an innocent teenager is gunned down on the streets of Brooklyn. After pressuring a child to identify a witness, innocent 18-year-old Colin Warner is arrested and sentenced to life in prison for the murder. In […]

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African & African Diaspora Series: WINNIE

Behind every powerful civil uprising there lies an undercover hero. Winnie Mandela is South Africa’s. While her husband of 38 years, the departed Nelson Mandela, was behind bars Winnie lead an anti-apartheid uprising. What followed was was a demonization of the woman beside the public’s hero. In this film, Pascale Lamche, uses unseen archival footage […]

A GHOST STORY

With A Ghost Story, acclaimed director David Lowery (Ain’t Them Bodies Saints, Pete’s Dragon) returns with a singular exploration of legacy, loss, and the essential human longing for meaning and connection. Recently deceased, a white-sheeted ghost (Academy Award-winner Casey Affleck) returns to his suburban home to console his bereft wife (Academy Award-nominee Rooney Mara), only […]

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Masters Mix Tape Series

A collection of music documentaries, highlighting live performances and behind the scenes stories. Brought to you by Ohio University Performing Arts Series, the Athena Cinema and Stuart’s Opera House. All shows take place on Thursdays at 7PM and the following Monday at 7PM. The Spring Booklet incorrectly lists only the Thursday dates.     MASTERS […]