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Saturday, July 29 through Saturday, August 5, 2023

Sam Now The Space Race Woman in the MIrror
Reed Harkness • USA • 2022 • 87 min. Lisa Cortés, Diego Hurtado de Mendoza • USA • 2023 • 90 min. Tatyana Bronstein • USA • 2023 • 72 min.

¿ July 31 at 6:15pm • Redfield Auditorium ¿ August 2 at 6:15pm • Redfield Auditorium ¿ August 2 at 8:30pm • Redfield Auditorium
What do two film-obsessed brothers do to solve a family As America raced to beat the Soviet Union to the moon, The story of an immigrant, a Jewish ballerina, who
mystery? Using every video format imaginable, they a Black astronaut candidate came closer to launching defected from the Soviet Union because of antisemi-
make a movie as they travel thousands of miles looking into space than anyone ever knew. The candidate cho- tism and lack of artistic and personal freedom and her
for their missing mom. Stitching together 25 years of sen by President John F. Kennedy to walk on the moon transition to the American ballet stage that led, after a
home videos and filling the gaps in the archive with play, never left Earth, yet his story launched the bold and grip- 25-year career, to a new role as a teacher, and to new
SAM NOW is a mosaic of love, longing and loss, as well ping saga of African Americans at NASA and in space. challenges as she struggles to adapt to the educational
as an attempt to overcome intergenerational trauma. The Thief Collector styles of American ballet.
The Artist and the Astronaut Allison Otto • USA • 2022 • 96 min. unseen
Bill Muench • USA • 2022 • 100 min. Set Hernandez • USA • 2023 • 88 min.

¿ July 29 at 2:00pm • Redfield
¿ July 30 at 2:00pm • Redfield Auditorium In 1985, Willem de Kooning’s “Woman-Ochre,” one of the ¿ July 31 at 4:00pm • Redfield Auditorium
The Artist & the Astronaut tells the unlikely love story most valuable paintings of the 20th century, was cut from its An aspiring social worker, Pedro must confront political
between the artist Pat Musick, a civil rights activist, and frame at the University of Arizona Museum of Art. 32 years restrictions as a blind, undocumented immigrant to get
the Apollo astronaut Jerry Carr as they participate in later, the painting was found hanging in a New Mexico home. his college degree and support his family. But when
some of the most historic events in human history. The attaining his dreams leads to new and unexpected
film is filled with never-before-seen footage of the early With Peter Bradley challenges, what will Pedro do?
space pioneers and features interviews with key figures Alex Rappoport • USA • 2023 • 86 min.
from that era. It chronicles Pat’s and Jerry’s vastly differ-
ent paths as they traverse uncertain times, eventually
coming together to render some of America’s most en- IN-PERSON
during art. The Artist & the Astronaut is an uplifting love
story proving that curiosity, perseverance, and empathy SCREENING VENUES
for others can be powerful agents of change.
The Nettle Dress Woods Hole Oceanographic
Dylan Howitt • UK • 2022 • 68 min. Institution’s Redfield Auditorium

45 Water Street, Woods Hole, MA
Clapp Auditorium
¿ August 1 at 5:00pm • Falmouth Acadamy MBL 7 MBL Street, Woods Hole,
An intimate, provocative series of conversations with abstract
artist Peter Bradley. At turns bitter and humorous, the telling Falmouth Academy’s Morse Hall
of Bradley’s remarkable rise to success - and unexpected 7 Highfield Drive, Falmouth, MA
fall - unfolds against the backdrop of seasonal change and
Peter’s daily practice at his rural home and studio. Falmouth Academy’s Simon Center
for the Arts
7 Highfield Drive, Falmouth, MA
¿ August 5 at 5:15pm • Redfield Auditorium
Textile artist Allan Brown spends seven years making
a dress by hand, just from the fibre of locally foraged
stinging nettles. This is ‘hedgerow couture’, the greenest
of slow fashion. It’s also how he survives, and honors, the
death of his wife from cancer. A modern-day fairy tale PARTY / MUSIC
and hymn to the healing power of nature and slow craft.
VENUES

The Captain Kidd
10:30pm • Captain Kidd 77 Water Street Woods Hole, MA
A Bringing Science to the Screen screening. Wednesday Night Party Grumpy’s Pub
This film/program screens live only. 29 Locust Street, Falmouth, MA
with music by Julian Loida
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