Under a baobab tree, an old man tells a story to the children around him: The story of the friendship between Maki, a little boy, and Zarafa, an orphaned giraffe. Hassan, Prince of the Desert, is instructed by the Pasha to deliver Zarafa to France. But Maki has made up his mind to do everything […]
Sustainability Series: COTTON ROAD
Americans consume nearly 20 billion new items of clothing each year. Yet few of us know how our clothes are made, much less who produces them. COTTON ROAD follows the commodity of cotton from South Carolina farms to Chinese factories to illuminate the work and industrial processes in a global supply chain.
Sustainability Series: OPEN SESAME
One of the world’s most precious resources is at risk. This timely and emotionally moving documentary illuminates what is at stake and what can be done to protect the source of nearly all our food: SEEDS. Seeds provide the basis for everything from fabric, to food to fuels. Seeds are as essential to life as […]
Digging for Fire: Leaving Thursday, September 24th
Tim and Lee are married with a young child. The chance to stay at a fancy home in the Hollywood Hills is complicated by Tim’s discovery of a bone and a rusty old gun in the yard. Tim is excited by the idea of a mystery, but Lee doesn’t want him to dig any further, […]
Grandma: Leaving the Athena Thursday, October 1st
Elle Reid (Lily Tomlin) has just gotten through breaking up with her girlfriend when Elle’s granddaughter Sage unexpectedly shows up needing $600 bucks before sundown. Temporarily broke, Grandma Elle and Sage spend the day trying to get their hands on the cash as their unannounced visits to old friends and flames end up rattling skeletons […]
Sustainability Series: BLACK ICE
When a Greenpeace ship was seized at gunpoint by Russian special forces, the “Arctic 30” were thrust into headlines all over the world, facing up to 15 years in prison and finding themselves at the center of a bitter international dispute. Russia charged the crew, from 18 different countries, with piracy and hooliganism. But their […]
Sustainability Series: JUST EAT IT
Jen and Grant dive into the issue of food waste from farm, through retail. After catching a glimpse of the billions of dollars of good food that is tossed each year, they pledge to survive only on foods that would otherwise be thrown away. But as Grant’s addictive personality turns full tilt towards food rescue, […]
Knowing the Future: FANTASTIC VOYAGE
A scientist is nearly assassinated. In order to save him, a submarine is shrunken to microscopic size and injected into his blood stream with a small crew. Problems arise almost as soon as they enter the bloodstream. Presented with FREE ADMISSION by the College of Arts & Sciences’ Knowing the Future theme. Check out more films showing […]
ALICE IN WONDERLAND presented by OU Libraries
This star-laden, 1933 of Lewis Carroll’s novel combines elements of both the title novel and Carroll’s sequel, Through the Looking Glass. Showing one night only as part of Ohio University Libraries celebration of 150 years of Alice in Wonderland! Admission is free.
Phoenix: Leaving Thursday, September 17th
A spellbinding mystery of identity, illusion, and deception unfolds against the turmoil of post-World War II Germany in the stunning new film from acclaimed director Christian Petzold (Barbara, Jerichow). Nelly (Nina Hoss), a German-Jewish nightclub singer, has survived a concentration camp, but with her face disfigured by a bullet wound. After undergoing reconstructive surgery, Nelly […]
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