SPECIAL EVENT – ONE NIGHT ONLY – THURSDAY, MAY 2 AT 6 PM

GENERATION ZAPPED

Documentary – 2017 – USA – 74 Minutes – PG

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Like cigarettes and the toxic chemicals before it, emerging science is revealing the concerning reality that some people may suffer health impacts from radiation emitted by wireless devices. We meet four people who are struggling with a variety of illnesses from wireless radiation – a breast cancer survivor who had carried her cell phone in her bra, a long term cell phone user with brain cancer, and a fit, seemingly healthy couple with neurological impacts now identified as being linked to wireless data transmission radiation. Scientists, health researchers, physicians, and other experts document the links and concerns about this technology. The multi-billion-dollar telecommunications industry goes to great lengths to lobby congress, influence policy-makers, and dispute any scientific data correlating wireless technology to potential health risks, which is reminiscent of the lead, asbestos, and tobacco industries before them. GENERATION ZAPPED is a powerfully moving and thought-provoking documentary, daring to shine light on this invisible inconvenience, and empowers audiences to understand how to reduce their exposure to protect themselves and their families.

Directed by Sabine El Gemayel

Q&A discussion following the film.

SPECIAL EVENT – ONE NIGHT ONLY – THURSDAY, MAY 2 AT 6 PM

Presented by

www.encirclefilms.org

OPENS FRIDAY, MAY 3

RAFIKI

Drama – 2019 – Kenya – 83 Minutes – Film Movement – In Swahili & English with English Subtitles – Unrated

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Bursting with the colorful street style & music of Nairobi’s vibrant youth culture, RAFIKI is a tender love story between two young women in a country that still criminalizes homosexuality. Kena and Ziki have long been told that “good Kenyan girls become good Kenyan wives” – but they yearn for something more. Despite the political rivalry between their families, the girls encourage each other to pursue their dreams in a conservative society. When love blossoms between them, Kena and Ziki must choose between happiness and safety.

Initially banned in Kenya for its positive portrayal of queer romance, RAFIKI won a landmark supreme court case chipping away at Kenyan anti-LGBT legislation. Featuring remarkable performances by newcomers Samantha Mugatsia and Sheila Munyiva, RAFIKI is a hip tale of first love “reminiscent of the early work of Spike Lee” (Screen Daily) that’s “impossible not to celebrate” (Variety)!

Directed by Wanuri Kahiu

Starring Samantha Mugatsia, Sheila Munyiva

“FRESH & COURAGEOUS! DESERVES TO BE SEEN!” – Sight & Sound

“A TRIUMPH! COLORFUL & DEEPLY POWERFUL!” – The Upcoming

“A MILESTONE!” –NPR “JOYOUS!”– Cinema Scope

“TENDER! EXCELLENT lead performers!” – RogerEbert.com

“A VIBRANT, PULSING piece of work!” – Flavorwire

“ENGAGING & DISARMING!” – The Hollywood Reporter

“A TOUCHING, GENTLE LOVE STORY!” – i-D

“IRRESISTIBLE CHEERFUL ENERGY!”– The Los Angeles Times

“Kahiu gives the film BRIGHTNESS & VIBRANCY!” – The Wrap

OPENS FRIDAY, MAY 3

ONE NIGHT ONLY – WEDNESDAY, MAY 8 AT 6:00 PM

VERMEER AND MUSIC: THE ART OF LOVE AND LEISURE

From the National Gallery, London

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Directed by Phil Grabsky, Ben Harding

Running Time: 85 Minutes

The National Gallery, London, offered a fresh look at one of the most startling and fascinating artists of all – Johannes Vermeer. The National Gallery chose to focus on Vermeer’s relationship with music. It is one of the most popular themes of Dutch painting and reveals an enormous amount about the sitter and the society they lived in. New research, revealed for the first time at this exhibition, showed how his technique and materials affected Vermeer’s works.

Tim Marlow goes beyond the exhibition to tell the entire story of Vermeer’s life and, in doing so, shows in detail many other of the artist’s captivating works. For those inspired by the 2003 film, Girl with a Pearl Earring, starring Colin Firth and Scarlett Johansson, this new, cinematic exploration will take their enjoyment and fascination of Vermeer’s life and work to a new level.

‘A treat for the eyes’ – Globe and Mail, Canada

‘The point here is added value and a sense of participation for those at a far remove or who were simply unable to attend…leaving the views feeling as if they have gained a greater understanding of what they missed on the ground. Grabsky’s film is comprehensive, smart and highly informative — and, in the absence of the show on your doorstep, a very fair substitute for the real thing’ – Iain Millar, the Art Newspaper

‘Stunning paintings in high-definition glory on the big screen’ – This is London

‘If you didn’t love Dutch art before this film, you certainly would afterwards. And if you, like me, already love it, it would double the pleasure’ – Artyculate

‘Superb photography’ – David Parkinson, the Oxford Times

Tickets: $8 General Admission. 

ONE NIGHT ONLY – WEDNESDAY, MAY 8 AT 6:00 PM

Presented by

Working with top international museums and galleries, EXHIBITION ON SCREEN create films which offer a cinematic immersion into the world’s best loved art, accompanied by insights from the world’s leading historians and arts critics. Since launching in 2011, EXHIBITION ON SCREEN have released 19 films which have been shown in over 60 countries worldwide.

SPECIAL EVENT – ONE NIGHT ONLY – THURSDAY, MAY 9 AT 7:30 PM

SLEEP DEALER

Drama/Romance/Sci-Fi – 2008 – USA/Mexico – 90 Minutes – In English & Spanish – PG-13

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‘Sleep Dealer’ is a Sundance award-winning sci-fi thriller packed with stunning visuals and strong social and political themes. Memo Cruz (Luis Fernando Peña) is a young man in near-future Mexico. When his family is victim of a misguided drone attack he finds himself with no option but to head north, towards the U.S./Mexico border. But migrant workers cannot cross this new world border – it’s been sealed off. Instead, Memo ends up in a strange digital factory in Mexico where he connects his body to a robot in America. Memo’s search for a better future leads him to love, loss, and a confrontation with a mysterious figure from his past. The Los Angeles Times writes “Adventurous, ambitious and ingeniously futuristic, ‘Sleep Dealer’ is a welcome surprise. It combines visually arresting science fiction done on a budget with a strong sense of social commentary in a way that few films attempt, let alone achieve.”

Directed by Alex Rivera

Alex Rivera is a filmmaker who, for the past fifteen years, has been telling new, urgent, and visually adventurous Latino stories. His first feature film, Sleep Dealer, a science-fiction feature set on the U.S./Mexico border, won awards at the Sundance Film Festival and the Berlin International Film Festival, was screened at the Museum of Modern Art, and had a commercial release in the U.S, France, Japan, and other countries. Alex is a Sundance Fellow, Rockefeller Fellow, and was named one of Variety Magazine’s “10 Directors to Watch.” His recent collaborations have included work with Manu Chao, La Santa Cecilia and Aloe Blacc.

Q&A with Director Alex Rivera after the show.

FREE SCREENING! Tickets will be released one hour prior to showtime. Seating is first come, first served.

SPECIAL EVENT – ONE NIGHT ONLY – THURSDAY, MAY 9 AT 7:30 PM

Presented by

University of Oregon Center for Environmental Futures

OPENS FRIDAY, MAY 10

SUNSET

Drama– 2018 – Hungary/France – 142 Minutes – Sony Pictures Classics – In Hungarian & German with English Subtitles – Unrated

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1913, Budapest, in the heart of Europe. The young Irisz Leiter arrives in the Hungarian capital with high hopes to work as a milliner at the legendary hat store that belonged to her late parents. She is nonetheless sent away by the new owner, Oszkár Brill. While preparations are under way at the Leiter hat store, to host guests of uttermost importance, a man abruptly comes to Irisz, looking for a certain Kálmán Leiter. Refusing to leave the city, the young woman follows Kálmán’s tracks, her only link to a lost past. Her quest brings her through the dark streets of Budapest, where only the Leiter hat store shines, into the turmoil of a civilization on the eve of its downfall.

Directed by László Nemes

Starring Susanne Wuest, Vlad Ivanov, Juli Jakab

Undeniably, Sunset is an impressive piece of filmmaking and from a technical point of view it stirs memories of the boldly shot Hungarian cinema revival of the Sixties. – Hollywood Reporter

Sunset exposes that horror while also finding great beauty in it – it might not be infinitely pretty, but it’s worth remembering and preserving nevertheless…There’s sadness and beauty in every frame. – IndieWire

Sunset is an audacious step for a director who prefers immersion to exposition. It’s not easy, but it’ll get under your skin. – The Wrap

Like its beguiling lead actress Juli Jakab, “Sunset” is enigmatic, beautiful and full of grace. – AwardsCircuit.com

OPENS FRIDAY, MAY 10

SPECIAL EVENT – ONE NIGHT ONLY – WEDNESDAY, MAY 15 AT 6 PM

ART & MIND

Documentary – 2019 – UK – 70 Minutes – In English & French with English Subtitles – Unrated

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A journey into art, madness and the unconscious. An exploration of visionary artists and the creative impulse, from the Flemish Masters of the Renaissance to the avant-garde movement of Surrealism and the unsung geniuses of Art Brut and Outsider Art.

Featuring artists Hieronymus Bosch, Francisco Goya, Vincent Van Gogh, William Blake, Edvard Munch, Salvador Dali and many more.

Featuring interviews with art historians, artists, museum curators, psychiatrists, neuroscientists; and over 350 artworks from prestigious museums and collections worldwide including Tate Britain, Musée d’Art Moderne de la ville de Paris, Prinzhorn Collection, Rijksmuseum, La Halle Saint Pierre, ABCD Collection, Outsider Art Fair, Wellcome Collection, Bethlem Museum of the Mind, Lombroso Museum, Freud Museum, MAHHSA, Lille Métropole Museum of Contemporary and Outsider Art, Maisons Victor Hugo, Adamson Collection, Museum Dr Guislain, Henry Boxer Gallery and Museum Im Lagerhaus.

About the Film:

Art & Mind explores the relationship between art and madness. The theme of madness inspired some of the most incredible painters in history, but mad people often experienced an unstoppable urge to create art too. Art & Mind also investigates how visionary and avant-garde artists sought to explore their unconscious mind as an inspiration for their art.

The theme of madness inspired artists since the Middle-Ages to create truly magnificent paintings: the “Stone of Madness” by Hieronymus Bosch and the Flemish Masters, the apocalyptic visions of Pieter Bruegel, compelling depictions of asylums by Goya and countless portraits of madness including Edvard Munch’s The Scream and Vincent Van Gogh’s Self Portrait with Bandaged Ear.

Art & Mind traces the advances in the understanding of the human mind and its influences on art. The emergence of the unconscious inspired Romantic artists to explore the hidden realms of dreams and visions in their art. Emerging psychology theories of Sigmund Freud and his contemporaries later became a major source of inspiration for the Surrealists.

The border between visionary creation and madness is sometimes tenuous, and many artists experienced bouts of madness. Van Gogh cut his own ear while confined in a psychiatric hospital, William Blake had conversations with dead poets, Goya was hearing voices and Munch was convinced of being condemned into madness since birth. Psychoanalyst Carl Jung went through a psychotic crisis resulting in the visionary images of The Red Book. The Surrealists Leonora Carrington, Unica Zürn and Antonin Artaud also spent time confined in asylums and captured their experiences of madness in their art.

Stories of outsider artists are just as inspiring, ranging from the 45-volumes magnum opus of Adolf Wölfli to the compelling portraits of schizophrenia by Bryan Charnley. Art & Mind unveils the history of Art Brut, from its foundations in the dark corners of Victorian asylums to being exhibited in the world’s finest galleries, museums and private collections.

Directed by Amélie Ravalec

Tickets $8

SPECIAL EVENT – ONE NIGHT ONLY – WEDNESDAY, MAY 15 AT 6 PM

OPENS FRIDAY, MAY 17

RED JOAN

Biography/Drama/Romance – 2019 – UK – 101 Minutes – IFC Films – Rated R

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In a picturesque village in England, Joan Stanley (Academy Award winner Dame Judi Dench), lives in contented retirement. Then suddenly her tranquil existence is shattered as she’s shockingly arrested by MI5. For Joan has been hiding an incredible past; she is one of the most influential spies in living history… Cambridge University in the 1930s, and the young Joan (Sophie Cookson), a demure physics student, falls intensely in love with a seductively attractive Russian saboteur, Leo. Through him, she begins to see that the world is on a knife-edge and perhaps must be saved from itself in the race to military supremacy. Post-war and now working at a top secret nuclear research facility, Joan is confronted with the impossible: Would you betray your country and your loved ones, if it meant saving them? What price would you pay for peace? Inspired by an extraordinary true story, Red Joan is the taut and emotional discovery of one woman’s sacrifice in the face of incredible circumstances. A woman to whom we perhaps all owe our freedom.

Directed by Trevor Nunn

Starring Dame Judi Dench, Sophie Cookson, Tom Hughes, Stephen Campbell Moore

A taut old-school thriller with a modern heroine. – Hollywood Reporter

Lindsey Shapiro has captured an intriguing piece of hidden history, showcasing women’s strengths and the overlooked roles they played during the world’s most turbulent times of war. – Film Threat

OPENS FRIDAY, MAY 17