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Sweetland
The scarcely populated town of Sweetland is in slow decline when the mainland government offers each islander a generous resettlement package. The sole stipulation is that everyone must leave. But enigmatic Moses Sweetland refuses. Motivated by a sense of history, haunted by mistakes of his youth and concerned that his autistic nephew Jesse will wilt on the mainland, Moses holds his ground despite violent position from other islanders. As he manages a diminishing food supply and battles the ravages of the weather, the border between the natural world and the supernatural world blur and he finds himself moved to acts of increasing desperation, only to be stymied again and again by the ruins of memory and the fierce will of nature.
Starring Mark Lewis Jones, Sara Canning and Mary Walsh
Sweetland
The scarcely populated town of Sweetland is in slow decline when the mainland government offers each islander a generous resettlement package. The sole stipulation is that everyone must leave. But enigmatic Moses Sweetland refuses. Motivated by a sense of history, haunted by mistakes of his youth and concerned that his autistic nephew Jesse will wilt on the mainland, Moses holds his ground despite violent position from other islanders. As he manages a diminishing food supply and battles the ravages of the weather, the border between the natural world and the supernatural world blur and he finds himself moved to acts of increasing desperation, only to be stymied again and again by the ruins of memory and the fierce will of nature.
Starring Mark Lewis Jones, Sara Canning and Mary Walsh
Q&A with Director Christian Sparkes following the movie
Unsinkable: Titanic Untold
Titanic -- you think you know the story, but think again. UNSINKABLE: Titanic Untold is the never-been-told story of the aftermath of the Titanic disaster. When the RMS Carpathia arrives in New York carrying survivors of the Titanic--passengers and crew alike--they find Senator William Alden Smith (R-MI) (Cotter Smith -- Mindhunter, X-2) has hastily convened in New York to ensure the testimony of all key witnesses. What ensues over days and weeks in New York and later Washington, DC, is a period drama not to be missed. UNSINKABLE: Titanic Untold is an exhilarating, true-life account of political interference, greed, conspiracy and a desperate grasp for accountability, interwoven with flashbacks to the heroism and sacrifice on Titanic's deck during that fateful night in April, 1912.
Mother of All Shows
In order for Liza (Melissa D'Agostino, Six Days to Die, Tactical Girls) to cope with the impending death of her estranged mother Rosa (Wendie Malick, Shrinking, Hot in Cleveland, Just Shoot Me), she retreats to a 70's variety show in her mind. There the all-powerful host is her own mother, Rosa, who leads a cast of people from Liza's past and present, all a jumble in her mind. Rosa hosts the show in Liza's head with all the bravado and pizazz of Phyllis Diller, Bea Arthur, and Rosemary Clooney. She sings, and dances, and yuks it up, all in Liza's imagination. Scene by scene, song by song, Liza works through another part of their past in an attempt to see her mother in real life without losing herself in the process.
Starring Wendie Malick (Shrinking, Hot in Cleveland, Just Shoot Me), MOTHER OF ALL SHOWS is a mother/daughter musical traumedy about a woman who slips into a 70s variety show in her mind whenever she has to confront her mother.
Winner - Outstanding Narrative Feature & Outstanding Direction, Art of Brooklyn Film Festival
Official Selection - Kingston Canadian Film Festival
Melissa (writer/director/star) and Matt (co-director) will be here to introduce the film and will follow with a Q&A
A Quiet Girl
In A Quiet Girl, adopted Montreal filmmaker Adrian Wills discovers, on camera and in real time, the startling truths of his complex beginnings in Newfoundland. Shocking details drive Wills to the core of his birth mother’s resilience, and ultimately his own. In this moving feature documentary that combines 16mm footage and contemporary images with deeply personal conversations, Wills’ voyage transforms from an urgent search for identity into a quest to give a quiet girl her voice.
Admission by donation.
Doors open at 7 pm, movie starts at 8 pm. General Admission Seating.