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The 32nd Annual Woods Hole Film Festival

DOCUMENTARY Batata Going To Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project
Noura Kevorkian • Canada • 2022 • 126 min.
Joe Brewster, Michele Stephenson • USA • 2022 • 92 min.
FEATURES

26.2 to Life
Christine Yoo • USA • 2022 • 88 min.

¿ July 30 at 7:30pm • Clapp Auditorium ¿ Thursday, July 27 at 7:30pm • Redfield Auditorium
Filmed over an unparalleled 10 years, the Peabody Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project is a documen-
Award winning BATATA documents the life of Syrian mi- tary that takes us through the mindscape of legendary
grant worker Maria and her journey from days farming poet, Nikki Giovanni, as she reflects on her life and
potatoes to life in a refugee camp, demonstrating the legacy. Nikki’s voice guides us across time and space,
spirit of a woman who puts family above all else. through dreams and remembrances, across decades of
work with visual lyricism fit for a poet. Present day finds
¿ July 29 at 6:15pm • Redfield Auditorium Dusty & Stones American history, as the film reimagines her most iconic
Jesse Rudoy • USA • 2022 • 83 min. Nikki in her late chapter of life, reckoning with health
Every year, the San Quentin Marathon gathers crowds struggles and the inevitable march of time. However,
of participants for its challenging 26.2 mile course.
Some run for life, some for freedom, some to prove in her art and dreams, Nikki ventures beyond her own
lifetime, to Middle Passage and Mars, always keeping
how much they’ve transformed. For all the incarcer-
ated members of the prison’s 1000 mile club, running hold of possibility. She urges us to dream of a better
future where equity and justice reign, and Black women
is a way to transcend prison politics and be defined by
more than just their past crimes. lead, calling us to action with an unforgettable mantra:
“We’re going to Mars.”
2020 Chaos and Hope
June Beallor • USA • 2022 • 96 min. Greener Pastures
Samuel-Ali Mirpoorian • USA • 2023 • 85 min.

¿ August 1 at 6:15pm • Redfield Auditorium
Dusty and Stones struggle to sustain a country music
career in their tiny African Kingdom of Swaziland and
yearn for greater recognition. When they are unexpectedly
nominated to compete in a Texas battle of the bands, the
two cousins journey to the heart of American country mu-
sic, determined to win big and turn their careers around.
Feast Your Ears: The Story of WHFS 102.3 FM
¿ July 31 at 5:30pm • Falmouth Acadamy Jay Schlossberg • USA • 2023 • 96 min.
¿ July 29 at 5:30pm • Falmouth Acadamy
A time capsule of a year unlike any other, 2020 Chaos Greener Pastures is an urgent and intimate look at
and Hope, features a diverse group of individuals and
renowned experts, as they reflect on the year 2020. American farming, told through the stories of farmers
living at the intersection of climate change, globaliza-
The film brings us face-to-face with the dramatic and
emotional moments of the year – COVID-19, racial tion & a mental health crisis.
strife, political unrest, truth under fire, and increased In the Company of Rose
economic disparity all gathered into the perfect storm. James Lapine • USA • 2023 • 86 min.
Where do we go from here? It’s up to us to decide.
Art and Pep
Mercedes Kane • USA • 2022 • 89 min.

¿ July 30 at 4:00pm • Redfield Auditorium
Feast Your Ears: The Story of WHFS 102.3 FM will take you
on a trip back to the ‘60s, ‘70s and ‘80s when “free form”
progressive FM radio was in its heyday in America. Broad-
casting from “high atop the Triangle Towers” near Washing-
ton, DC the legendary & beloved WHFS was more than just
a local radio station - it was the voice of a generation.
¿ August 3 at 6:15pm • Redfield Auditorium
The renowned playwright and director James Lapine
casually meets the 86-year old Rose Styron - poet,
¿ August 3 at 7:45pm • Falmouth Acadamy journalist, human rights activist and widow of the famed
Art and Pep are the owners of the iconic bar Sidetrack, author William Styron - and is promptly invited to lunch.
Chicago. And they’re also civil rights leaders who have Expecting a couple of great stories, he brings along
his camera. Fascinated by her tales, Rose becomes his
been fighting for LGBTQ+ equality for decades, their ac-
tivism is the focus of their struggle to live and love freely. Scheherazade over a period of six years as he learns
of the fascinating and complicated life she has led and
the people she has known, and along the way, learns
something about himself, too.
10:30pm • Captain Kidd
Opening Night Party A Bringing Science to the Screen screening.
This film/program screens live only.
with music by the band ARLO
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