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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Sustainability Series: FREIGHTENED: THE REAL PRICE OF SHIPPING
90% of the goods we consume in the West are manufactured in far-off lands and brought to us by ship. The cargo shipping industry is a key player in world economy and forms the basis of our very model of modern civilization; without it, it would be impossible to fulfill the ever-increasing demands of our […]
MAUDIE *Last Day Thursday*
Maudie, based on a true story, is an unlikely romance in which the reclusive Everett Lewis (Ethan Hawke) hires a fragile yet determined woman named Maudie (Sally Hawkins) to be his housekeeper. Maudie, bright-eyed but hunched with crippled hands, yearns to be independent, to live away from her protective family and she also yearns, passionately, […]
Food on Film: FOOD EVOLUTION
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 lives. […]
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