WALL\THERAPY SCREENING | Tuesday, July 26 at 7:30pm in Theatre 1 | Photographer Martha Cooper influences generations of street artists with her pictures of New York City’s graffiti, but struggles to find her place in a new world driven by social media.
Behind every breakthrough are the patients who risk everything for everybody else.
SUMMER AIRWAVES: RADIO ON FILM | Saturday, July 30 at 7:30pm in Theatre 1 | One night in New Mexico, in the late 1950s at the dawn of the space-race, two radio-obsessed teens discover a strange frequency over the airwaves in what becomes the most important night of their lives and in the history of their small town.
Thursday, August 4 at 5:30pm | Little Theatre 1. Come check out this year’s screening and awards presentation of the best short films made by local teenage filmmakers!
Winner of the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, Hayao Miyazaki’s wondrous fantasy adventure is a dazzling masterpiece from one of the most celebrated filmmakers in the history of animation.
SUMMER AIRWAVES: RADIO ON FILM | Saturday, August 13 at 7:30pm in Theatre 1 | Outspoken ex-convict Ralph “Petey” Greene (Don Cheadle) talks his way onto the air at a white-owned radio station in 1960s Washington, D.C. Fueled by the new music and social upheaval of the times, he courts controversy while becoming the voice of the black movement.
20TH ANNIVERSARY | Sunday, August 14 | Two screenings: 2pm and 6pm | When Toula falls in love with Ian — tall, handsome and definitely not Greek — Toula isn’t sure which will be more upsetting to her father: that Ian is a foreigner or that he’s a vegetarian.
HIGH FALLS WOMEN IN FILM | Wednesday, August 17 at 7:30pm | A rebellious 13-year-old who is dealing with the loss of her mother embarks on an adventure with a children’s party magician.
OUR VOICES PROJECT | Thursday, August 18 at 7:30pm | Little Theatre 1 | Like many young men in the Dominican Republic, 19-year-old Miguel “Sugar” Santos (Algenis Perez Soto) dreams of winning a slot on an American baseball team. Indeed, his talents as a pitcher eventually land him a slot on a single-A team in Iowa, but culture shock, racism and other curveballs threaten to turn Sugar’s dream sour.
BLACK CINEMA SERIES | Friday, August 19 at 7:30pm | Nichelle Nichols’ daunting task to launch a national blitz for NASA, recruiting 8,000 of the nation’s best and brightest, including the trailblazing astronauts who became the first African American, Asian and Latino men and women to fly in space.
The lone survivor of an onslaught of flesh-possessing spirits holes up in a cabin with a group of strangers while the demons continue their attack.
When a network of Brazilian farmers seizes a protected area of the Amazon rainforest, a young Indigenous leader and his mentor must fight back in defense of the land and an uncontacted group living deep within the forest.
CONCERT | Friday, August 26 in Little 1 | Local singer-songwriters Katie Morey and Cammy Enaharo join forces to weave a musical spell, mixing musical styles and supported by their talented bandmates, for what promises to be an unforgettable night of live music on stage at The Little.
SUMMER AIRWAVES: RADIO ON FILM | Saturday, August 27 at 7:30pm in Theatre 1 | A band of rogue DJs broadcast from boats outside British waters, playing music that defined a generation while standing up to a government that wanted to limit the airwaves.
A tribute to the late Olivia Newton-John.
Good girl Sandy Olsson (Newton-John) and greaser Danny Zuko (John Travolta) fell in love over the summer. When they unexpectedly discover they’re now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance?