Damn These Heels! LGBT FIlm Festival moves to July 13-15 and to
the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center. Look for titles to be announced
in early June.
Environmental FIlm Series / Tuesday,
May 1 @ 7:00 PM / Salt
Lake City Main Library (210 E. 400 S.)
URBAN
ROOTS / Directed
by Mark MacInnis / 94 min | 2011 |
USA
Detroit,
once an industrial powerhouse of a lost American era, is a city devastated by
the loss of half its population due to the collapse of manufacturing. In
response, a small group of dedicated citizens have started an urban
environmental movement with the potential to transform their city. Urban Roots
is a timely, moving and inspiring film that speaks to a nation grappling with
collapsed industrial towns and the need to forge a sustainable and prosperous
future.
Science Movie Night / Tuesday,
May 8 @ 6:30 PM / Salt
Lake City Main Library (210 E. 400 S.)
SEMPER
FI: ALWAYS FAITHFUL / Directed
by Rachel Libert and Tony Hardmon / 76 min | 2011 |
USA
When
Marine Corps Master Sgt. Jerry Ensminger´s nine-year old daughter Janey died of
a rare type of leukemia, his world collapsed. His search for answers led to the
shocking discovery of a Marine Corps cover-up of one of the largest water
contamination incidents in U.S. history. Semper Fi: Always Faithful
follows his fight as it reveals a grave injustice at North Carolina´s Camp
Lejeune and a looming environmental crisis at military sites across the
country. Join us for a discussion of local ground water contamination issues
with Salt Lake City Water Quality and Treatment Administrator Florence Reynolds
following the film. Presented
in partnership with Salt Lake City´s Water Week.
The Wide World of Sports / Tuesday,
May 15 @ 7:00 PM / Salt
Lake City Main Library (210 E. 400 S.)
BOYS
OF SUMMER / Directed
by Keith Aumont / 94 min | 2010 |
USA
On
the tiny island of Curaçao, Manager Vernon Isabella has sent his Little League
All-Stars to the World Series for seven consecutive years, routinely defeating
such baseball powerhouses as Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, to win a
spot in Williamsport. At its core, Boys of Summer is a film about the
universally beloved pastime of baseball, examined from a unique perspective.
More than that, it's a film about children carrying the privilege and burden of
a nation's pride, and about athletes competing at the highest level and having
the time of their lives.
Special Screening / Tuesday,
May 22 @ 7:00 PM / Salt
Lake City Main Library (210 E. 400 S.)
ADDICTION
INCORPORATED / Charles
Evans, Jr. / 100 min | 2011 |
USA
This
is the true story of Victor DeNoble, one of the most important and influential
whistleblowers of all time. In the `80s, DeNoble was a research scientist at a
major tobacco company, where he was tasked with finding a substitute for
nicotine that would not cause heart attacks. He succeeded, but in the process,
he proved something that the industry had been denying for years; that
cigarettes were addictive. He also uncovered a new addictive ingredient setting
off a chain of events that still reverberates today. Presented in partnership with THE TRUTH.
Tuesday,
May 29 @ 7:00 PM / Salt
Lake City Main Library (210 E. 400 S.)
HOW
TO DIE IN OREGON / Directed
by Peter Richardson / 107 min | 2011 |
USA
**Post-screening
q+a via Skype with director Peter Richardson
In
1994, Oregon became the first state to legalize physician-assisted suicide. As
a result, any individual whom two physicians diagnose as having less than six
months to live can lawfully request a fatal dose of barbiturate to end his or
her life. Filmmaker Peter Richardson gently enters the lives of the terminally
ill as they consider whether-and when-to end their lives by lethal overdose.
Richardson examines both sides of this complex, emotionally charged issue. What
emerges is a life-affirming, staggeringly powerful portrait of what it means to
die with dignity.
Tuesday,
June 5 @ 7:00 PM / Salt
Lake City Main Library (210 E. 400 S.)
SPLINTERS / Directed
by Adam Pesce / 94 min | 2011 |
USA
**Post-screening
q+a via Skype with director Adam Pesce
Praised
by ESPN for "reviving the surf film genre," Splinters combines great
on-wave action with high drama. Restricted by gender, culture and limited jobs,
a unique group of athletes contests for a national championship as a ticket off
the paradise of Papua New Guinea. A standout on the festival circuit since its
Tribeca premiere, Filmmaker Magazine has called Splinters "engrossing
and endlessly surprising".
Science
Movie Night / Tuesday,
June 12 - 6:30 PM / Salt
Lake City Main Library (210 E. 400 S.)
AGE
OF CHAMPIONS / Directed
by Christopher Rufo / 70 min | 2011 |
USA
Age
of Champions is the uplifting story
of a group of athletes-a 100-year-old tennis champion, 86-year-old pole
vaulter, octogenarian swimmers, and a team of basketball grandmothers-all
chasing gold at the National Senior Games. Meet these passionate and inspiring
competitors and discover what makes them tick. Join Kevin Kohl, PhD., a student
in the Department of Biology at University of Utah, following the film for a
discussion of the physiology of aging and what the latest science tells us
about aging, as well as the athletes in the film.
Through The Lens / Thursday,
June 14 @ 7:00 PM / The
Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center (138 W. Broadway)
TBA
Special Screening / Tuesday,
June 19 @ 7:00 PM / Salt
Lake City Main Library (210 E. 400 S.)
JOFFREY:
Mavericks of American Dance / Directed
by Bob Hercules / 82 min | 2012 |
USA
**Post-screening
discussion with Adam Sklute, Artistic Director of Ballet West and former
Associate Artistic Director of The Joffrey Ballet.
Joffrey:
Mavericks of American Dance tells the
story of this groundbreaking cultural treasure, known as the first truly
American dance company. Narrated by Tony® and Emmy® Award-winner Mandy Patinkin and directed by Bob
Hercules, the film documents how The Joffrey Ballet revolutionized American
ballet by daringly combining modern dance with traditional ballet technique,
combining art with social statement and setting ballets to pop and rock music
scores.
Presented
in partnership with Ballet West
SPEED at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts / Wednesday,
June 20 @ 7:00 PM / UMFA (410 Campus Center Dr.)
LE MANS / Directed
by Lee H. Katzin / Rated
G | 106 min | 1971 | USA
Steve
McQueen stars an American driver at the 24-hour Le Mans Grand Prix who is
locked in an intense grudge match with his German counterpart, even as he
wrestles with his guilt over causing an accident that cost the life of a close
friend. McQueen comes through with a penetrating, stoic performance in this
classic film, and the racing sequences through the French countryside are
nothing less than breathtaking.
Films Without Borders / Tuesday,
June 26 @ 7:00 PM / Salt Lake City Main Library (210 E. 400 S.)
THE
LAST SURVIVOR / Directed
by Michael Pertnoy and Michael Kleiman / 88 min | 2010 |
USA
The
Last Survivor presents the stories of
genocide survivors and their struggle to make sense of tragedy by working to
educate, motivate and foster a civic response to these horrific acts. Following
the lives of survivors of four different genocides and mass atrocities-The
Holocaust, Rwanda, Darfur, and the Congo-The Last Survivor presents a unique opportunity to learn from the lessons and mistakes
of our past in order to have a lasting social impact on how we act collectively
in the face of similar issues today. Presented
in partnership with Utah Health and Human Rights and in honor of the UN
International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
Monday Night Movies at The Gallivan Center / Monday,
July 9 @ Dusk / The Gallivan Center (239 S. Main St.)
AIRPORT / Directed
by George Seaton / Rated
G |
137 min | 1970 | USA
Nominated
for 10 Academy Awards® including Best Picture, this engaging and
glitzy drama spawned a new film genre-the disaster movie. In 12 harrowing hours
at a major Midwestern airport, airport manager Mel Bakersfield must deal with a
powerful blizzard, a blocked runway, a failing marriage, and a mentally
disturbed passenger carrying a bomb. This blockbuster has everything an
audience could want-suspense, romance, drama, and comedy-all spread across a vast
canvas.
Science Movie Night / Tuesday,
July 10 @ 6:30 PM / Salt
Lake City Main Library (210 E. 400 S.)
TBA
Monday Night Movies at The Gallivan Center / Monday,
July 16 @ Dusk / The Gallivan Center (239 S. Main St.)
THE
ANDROMEDA STRAIN / Directed
by Robert Wise / Rated
G |
131 min | 1971| USA
Note:
Contains graphic scenes that may be unsuitable for young children.
In
this Oscar®-nominated sci-fi classic based on the Michael Crichton novel of the
same name, a satellite crashes in New Mexico, prompting a team of scientists to
race against the clock to stop a deadly virus from spreading the alien illness
that sprang from the probe and has already killed most of those living near the
crash site.
SPEED at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts / Wednesday,
July 18 @ 7:00 PM / UMFA (410 Campus Center Dr.)
BOYS
OF BONNEVILLE: Racing on a Ribbon of Salt / Directed
by Curt Wallin / 80 min | 2011 |
USA
This
film tells the story of an unsung hero and self-made man, David Abbott Jenkins,
who, with almost superhuman stamina and boyish charm, set out to
single-handedly break every existing land speed record on his beloved Bonneville
Salt Flats of Utah. More than a century later, many of "Ab´s" records remain
unbroken and the legacy lives on in his custom car.
Monday Night Movies at the Gallivan Center / Monday,
July 23 @ Dusk / Gallivan Center (239 S. Main St.)
THE
POSEIDON ADVENTURE (1972) / Directed
by Ronald Neame / Rated
PG |
117 min | 1972 | USA
Before
there was Titanic-there was The Poseidon Adventure. This multiple
Oscar®-nominee (including a win for Best Song) set the standard for seagoing
disaster films. As the luxury liner Poseidon charts its course on New Year's
Eve, disaster strikes when an undersea earthquake causes a titanic tidal wave
and capsizes the vessel, leaving just 10 survivors. Led by a no-nonsense
reverend, the group must maneuver through airshafts, electrical cables and a
burning engine room to the boat's hull, which is their lone chance for escape.
SPEED at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts / Saturday,
July 28 @ 3:00 PM / UMFA (410 Campus Center Dr.)
THE
RACE / Directed
by André F. Nebe / Recommended
for ages 8+ / |
84 min | 2009 | Ireland/Germany
With
no money, no help from her father (Colm Meaney) and only her fiery
determination to build a go-kart in time to compete in a championship race,
11-year-old Mary braves torment from her peers to dream beyond her poor
community in Northern Ireland. Rowan O'Neill writes and André F. Nebe directs
this heartwarming family drama that co-stars Susan Lynch as Mary's disapproving
mother, Tom Collins and Diarmuid Corr. This film has been an audience favorite
at film festivals around the world including the 2011 Tumbleweeds Film Festival
for Children and Youth.
Monday Night Movies at the Gallivan Center / Monday,
July 30 @ Dusk / (239 S. Main St.)
THE
TOWERING INFERNO / Directed
by John Guillermin / Rated
PG |
165 min | 1974 | USA
This
star-studded (Paul Newman, William Holden, Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway) Oscar®-winning
actioner, produced by Irwin Allen, is one of the greatest disaster films ever
made. Architect Doug Roberts and builder James Duncan are celebrating their
latest success: the world's tallest building. But when a blaze caused by bad
wiring rages during the grand opening, Doug and Fire Chief O'Hallorhan must
beat impossible odds to save those trapped inside.
Films Without Borders / Tuesday,
August 7 @ 7:00 PM / Salt
Lake City Main Library (210 E. 400 S.)
THE
FORGOTTEN BOMB / Directed
by Stuart Overbey / 95 min | 2010 |
USA/Japan
**Director
Stuart Overbey will be in attendance for a post-screening q+a.
In
a globetrotting journey through various perspectives on nuclear weapons, this
film takes us from the Peace Museums of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, to the "Nuclear
Science" museums of the United States, to the place that birthed the atomic
bomb, (and cares for it still) the state of New Mexico. Featuring former U.S.
Secretary of State, George Shultz, authors Gar Alperovitz and Jonathan Schell,
Japanese bomb survivors, and many others, The Forgotten Bomb explores
our pre-conceptions about nuclear weapons and their history, investigates how
they inform our sense of identity, and discovers what the bomber can learn from
the bombed. Presented
in honor of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Remembrance Day
Science Movie Night / Tuesday,
August 14 @ 6:30 PM / Salt
Lake City Main Library (210 E. 400 S.)
TBA
The
Wide World of Sports / Tuesday,
August 21 @ 7:00 PM / Salt
Lake City Main Library (210 E. 400 S.)
CHINA
HEAVYWEIGHT / Directed
by Yung Chang / 89 min | 2012 |
Canada/China
In
southwestern China, a Master coach recruits poor rural teenagers and turns them
into Western-style boxing champions. Through hard work and discipline, these
boys and girls hope to become China´s next Olympic heroes, but as they decide
whether to fight for the collective good as amateurs or for themselves as
professionals, their struggle becomes a metaphor for the choices that everyone
faces in the New China.
SPEED at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts / Wednesday,
August 22 @ 7:00 PM / UMFA (410 Campus Center Dr.)
RACING
DREAMS / Directed
by Marshall Curry / 93 min | 2009 |
USA
Racing
Dreams is an award-winning
coming-of-age story about three kids who dream of one day racing in NASCAR.
This exciting and often humorous film takes us into the lives of Annabeth (11),
Josh (12), and Brandon (13) as they compete for the championship in the World Karting
Association`s National Series, widely considered the Little League for
professional racing.
Special Screening / Tuesday,
August 28 @ 7:00 PM / Salt
Lake City Main Library (210 E. 400 S.)
TBA
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