Schedule of Events:
2:00pm: Panel: The State of Independent Film hosted by Women in Film and Video New Three Birthdays
Independent filmmakers and lovers of independent cinema are facing an increasingly-changing landscape. Narrative and documentary filmmakers, producers, casting directors and distribution experts share their perspectives on where independent film is, and where it’s going.
Cost: $20.00
Location: Woods Hole Community Hall
4:00pm: Three Birthdays
In 1970, at the height of the sexual revolution, Bobbie is determined to lose her virginity on the day of her 17th birthday, but she will lose more than that. When she discovers her mother’s infidelity and acts out furiously, she sets off a chain of confrontations that forces her father and mother to face their own insecurities as accomplished middle-class intellectuals. On each of their birthdays, hopes are dashed, and secrets revealed.
Cost: $16.00
Location: Redfield Auditorium
5:30pm: Hunt for the Oldest DNA
For decades, scientists have tried to unlock the secrets of ancient DNA. But life’s genetic blueprint is incredibly fragile, and researchers have struggled to find DNA in fossils that could survive millions of years. Then, one maverick scientist had the controversial idea to look for DNA not in fossils or frozen ancient tissue – but in dirt. Join the hunt as scientists decipher the oldest DNA ever found and reveal for the first time the genes of long-extinct creatures that once thrived in a warm, lush Arctic.
Cost: $16.00
Location: Clapp Auditorium
5:30pm: SHORTS: The Blue Between Us
Elephant, The Unseen, The Bee, Spear. Spatula. Submarine., Gath & K’iyh: Listen to Heal, Forbidden Pond, Footprints on Katmai, Light at the Edge of the Universe: The Black Hole Explorer
ELEPHANT
An island off the coast of Maine receives a new arrival, and on a day like any other, the tightly-wound circle of life unfurls.
THE UNSEEN
As Timo prepares his nest ready for mating season, his call is answered… But the source of the reply is not what he had hoped.
THE BEE
Boston beekeeper Bill Perkins shares his knowledge and love of bees with his community, which sometimes means riding through a busy city with 10,000 bees on the back of your bike.
SPEAR. SPATULA. SUBMARINE.
With an avaricious appetite, no native predators, and rapid reproduction rates, the invasive lionfish is one of the planet”s greatest eco-disasters.
GATH & K’IYH: LISTEN TO HEAL
In Alaska, community comes together to create music with Yo-Yo Ma as a critical part of collective healing and radical hope for the future.
FORBIDDEN POND
Deb Kapell pursues her curiosity of life and death at all sizes while making stunning images of microbiology.
FOOTPRINTS ON KATMAI
Following his Grandmother”s footsteps to one of the most remote and bear-strewn beaches in Alaska, painter Max Romey discovers that an ocean of problems is closer to home than he could have imagined.
LIGHT AT THE EDGE OF THE UNIVERSE: THE BLACK HOLE EXPLORER
Around the horizon of a black hole, an edge of the universe, light is captured, spun into orbit by the black hole’s powerful gravitational pull.
Cost: $16.00
Location: Meigs Room at Swope Center
6:15pm: Shaking It Up: The Life and Times of Liz Carpenter
Over her 89 years, journalist, vice-presidential advisor, White House official, author, humorist, political activist, and feminist leader Liz Carpenter was often front and center where history was unfolding, leaving her own indelible mark and pushing forward an agenda for women’s rights, political engagement, and the environment that is highly relevant today.
Cost: $16.00
Location: Redfield Auditorium
8:00pm: Him with Fast Food
Sequestered in a remote desert villa, the final five contestants on a reality dating show unite to confront their deceitful suitor and the producers who manipulated them into falling in love.
FAST FOOD
When a teenage girl in love expects a fun night with her boyfriend, she winds up on an emotional roller coaster that only friendship can save.
Cost: $16.00
Location: Meigs Room at Swope Center
8:00pm: Paint Me a Road Out of Here
Featuring artists Faith Ringgold and Mary Enoch Elizabeth Baxter, PAINT ME A ROAD OUT OF HERE uncovers the whitewashed history of Faith’s masterpiece ”For the Women”s House” and follows its 50-year journey from Rikers Island to the Brooklyn Museum in a heartbreaking, funny & true parable for a world without mass incarceration.
Cost: $16.00
Location: Clapp Auditorium
8:30pm: If That Mockingbird Don't Sing
After being brutally dumped, 17-year-old Sydnie discovers she is pregnant. Seeing this as an opportunity to get her ex back and give her life direction, she decides to keep the baby. She soon realizes that this won’t be the quick fix she had hoped for and finds herself caught in a complicated love triangle and totally lost.
Cost: $16.00
Location: Redfield Auditorium
10:00pm: Thursday Night Mixer
Thursday Night Mixer at The Leeside, featuring music by the Catie Flynn Duo featuring singer songwriter Catie Flynn and Pat Croke.
Parties are open to those 21+ only
Location: The Leeside
