Archive of Shows from the Athena Cinema
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Born in AmericaDirector: Linling ZhaRated Not RatedChinese American College student Michael goes to a bar to look for a girl named Jessica. He encounters his Chinese and American college friends and feels himself the odd one out. Failing to find Jessica and getting caught up in a fight of his friends leads him to question his culture identity.This film was shown on Saturday, May 29th 2010 View This Film |
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No One Knows About Persian CatsDirector: Bahman GhobadiRated Not RatedIn Persian with English Subtitles This film was shown on Friday, May 28th 2010 |
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The Art of the StealDirector: Don ArgottRated Not RatedIn 1922, Dr. Albert C. Barnes created The Barnes Foundation in Lower Merion Pennsylvania, five miles outside of Philadelphia. He formed this remarkable collection of Post-Impressionist and early Modern art to serve as an educational institution. Dr. Barnes built his Foundation away from the city and cultural elite who scorned his collection as “horrible, debased art,” and set it on the grounds of his own home, an arboretum in the leafy suburbs. Tastes changed, and soon the very people who belittled Barnes wanted access to his collection. When Dr. Barnes died in a car accident in 1951, he left control of his collection to...This film was shown on Friday, May 28th 2010 View This Film |
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MotherDirector: Bong Joon-hoRated RIn Korean with English SubtitlesThe latest film from award-winning Korean director Bong Joon-ho (The Host) is a unique murder mystery about a mother's primal love for her son. Mother is a devoted single parent to her simple-minded twenty-seven-year-old son, Do-joon. Often a source of anxiety to his mother, Do-joon behaves in foolish or simply dangerous ways. One night, while walking home drunk, he encounters a school girl who he follows for a while before she disappears into a dark alley. The next morning, she is found dead in an abandoned building and... This film was shown on Friday, May 21st 2010 View This Film |
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Last Log Drive and My Urban GardenDirector: Polly BennellRated Not RatedLast Log Drive1985, 22 min 50 s In 1983, during the bicentennial celebration of the settlement of Shelburne, Nova Scotia, by United Empire Loyalists, an old-time log drive was held on the Barrington River. This unique event was revived under the direction of Phil Scott, a former champion log roller and an articulate advocate of the sport. As well as being a spectacular visual experience, the log drive is an event of cultural and historical significance. The... This film was shown on Thursday, May 20th 2010 View This Film |
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National Network of Forrest Practitioners screeningDirector: Pradeep EdussuriyaRated UnratedTwo short multimedia documentaries focusing on forestry cooperatives in the US, produced by Chad Bartlett and Pradeep Edussuriya. The two documentaries were produced for The National Network of Forest Practitioners.
Karen A'Llerio, Living Forest Cooperative member, discusses her philosophy about the woods and the... This film was shown on Thursday, May 20th 2010 |
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Witness a Peace MovementDirector: Roger HillRated Not RatedWitness a Peace Movement was shot over a three year period during the birth, and formative years of the revitalized Anti-War Movement. A personal document of the opinions, and actions, of a cross section of the millions of people who protested against, or in support of, the War on Iraq. Filmed with a first person shooting style that places the audience right in the middle of both the action of the U.S. Anti-War Movement and the experience of the Director; this is a rebellious film that serves as a tool in the belt of Iraq War Resistance.In the months leading up to the invasion of Iraq, this country saw the... This film was shown on Wednesday, May 19th 2010 View This Film |
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Prism IndexDirector: Jeffery BowersRated Not RatedJeffrey is the founder of PRISM index. Against every grain of his judgment (better or not) also edits and co-designed the compilation. The silkscreen art on the cover is his creation. It appeared to him in a day-dreamy car ride through the rolling hills of Appalachia. Cars are probably his favorite subject, yet he often draws other things. His unwavering interest in almost everything and anything led him down many roads and paths gathering knowledge, artists, skills (some better than others), and friends. The possibility of creating a network between his friends, inspirations, and mediums... This film was shown on Monday, May 17th 2010 View This Film |
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American BoogieDirector: Michael Hurley, Jeff BowersRated Not RatedMichael Hurley is a legendary singer/songwriter, who was very popular in the Greenwich Village folk scene of the late '60s and '70s. Lately, he has been championed and covered by artists such as Lucinda Williams, Cat Power, Son Volt, the Violent Femmes, Devendra Banhart, and many others. In 2008, Hurley decided to pick up a video camera and document his concert tour across the high plains of the USA. This was his first experience filming anything. He shot and narrated the film in the naturalistic first-person style giving lackadaisical and poignant musings on small town life, the open road, antique radios, and traditional American folk/blues...This film was shown on Sunday, May 16th 2010 View This Film |
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Frames from PakistanDirector: Various DirectorsRated Not RatedCome experience a nation in a rare screening of Pakistani filmsMarwa Directed by Iram Parveen Bilal 19 Minutes Inspired by a true story, 'Marwa' is a romantic drama showcasing the struggle between love, loyalty, tradition and patriotism. It is the story of Marwa, an Arabic Interpretor who discovers a dangerous and untimely love. Devin, an American soldier commissioned to rebuild Iraq after the 2003 American invasion and specifically Marwa’s Rodwaniya... This film was shown on Saturday, May 15th 2010 View This Film |
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A ProphetDirector: Jacques AudiardRated RIn French, Arabic, and Corsican with English SubtitlesCondemned to six years in prison, Malik El Djebena cannot read or write. Arriving at the jail entirely alone, he appears younger and more fragile than the other convicts. He is 19 years old. Cornered by the leader of the Corsican gang who rules the prison, he is given a number of "missions" to carry out, toughening him up and gaining the gang leader's confidence in the process. But Malik is brave and a fast learner, daring to secretly develop his own plans. "There's also no romanticizing on the part of the... This film was shown on Friday, May 14th 2010 View This Film |
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GreenbergDirector: Noah BaumbachRated RStarring Ben Stiller, Greta Gerwig, Rhys Ifans, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Chris Messina, Brie Larson, and Juno Temple Roger Greenberg, single, fortyish and at a crossroads in his life, finds himself in Los Angeles, house-sitting for six weeks for his more successful/married-with-children brother. In search of a place to restart his life, Greenberg tries to reconnect with old friends including his former bandmate Ivan. But old friends aren't necessarily still best friends, and Greenberg soon finds himself spending more and more time with his brother's personal assistant Florence, an... This film was shown on Friday, May 14th 2010 View This Film |
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Red Riding (1983)Director: Anand TuckerRated Not RatedThe seemingly untouchable, corrupt West Yorkshire police, and the true evil mastermind behind the child abductions and murders of the last 14 years, can't resist doing it again. Against them, a fat useless lawyer, and one remorseful copper.
Sure to be one of the cinematic events of the year, Red Riding is a mesmerizing neo-noir epic based on factual events and adapted for the screen by Tony Grisoni from David Peace's electrifying series of novels. An official selection of the Telluride, New York, Chicago and AFI Festivals, and acclaimed by critics an... This film was shown on Friday, May 7th 2010 View This Film |
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Red Riding (1980)Director: James MarshRated Not RatedPolice corruption interferes with the search for a killer in Yorkshire, England. Based on David Peace's novel "Nineteen Eighty".Sure to be one of the cinematic events of the year, Red Riding is a mesmerizing neo-noir epic based on factual events and adapted for the screen by Tony Grisoni from David Peace's electrifying series of novels. An official selection of the Telluride, New York, Chicago and AFI Festivals, and acclaimed by critics an eminent accomplishment, the trilogy follows several characters in intertwining storylines united by the horror wrought by the "Yorkshire Ripper," a... This film was shown on Friday, May 7th 2010 View This Film |
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Red Riding (1974)Director: Julian JarroldRated Not RatedA rookie journalist looks to solve the increasingly vexing case of a serial killer on the loose.Sure to be one of the cinematic events of the year, Red Riding is a mesmerizing neo-noir epic based on factual events and adapted for the screen by Tony Grisoni from David Peace's electrifying series of novels. An official selection of the Telluride, New York, Chicago and AFI Festivals, and acclaimed by critics an eminent accomplishment, the trilogy follows several characters in intertwining storylines united by the horror wrought by the "Yorkshire Ripper," a serial killer who terrorized... This film was shown on Friday, May 7th 2010 View This Film |
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Neil Young Trunk ShowDirector: Jonathan Demme Rated Not RatedJonathan Demme's display of Neil Young's musical and spiritual soul. Young on a stage full of personal icons; alone in the center of a circle of his beloved acoustic guitars; in the midst of stellar musicians Ben Keith, Ralph Molina, Rick Rosas, Pegi Young and Anthony "Sweet Pea" Crawford, plus an onstage painter portrayed by Eric Johnson. There are delicately offered acoustic numbers like "Sad Movies" and "Mexico"; mesmerizing electric travelogues into the artist's psyche ("No Hidden Path"); searing, chaotic anthems including "Like a Hurricane" and "Cinammon Girl"; and...This film was shown on Friday, May 7th 2010 View This Film |
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Experimental Grab BagAlikiDirector: Richard Wiebe 5 min. U.S.A.An encounter with a flamingo at an ancient salt lake in Cyprus.
Director: Johann Lurf 3 min. |
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All Fall Down Preceded by The History of AviationA repules tortenete (The History of Aviation)Director: Balint Kenyeres 17 min. France, HungaryNormandy, 1905. The picnic is over; the upper middle class party prepare to go home. They are waiting for just one last photograph, but someone is still missing from the group... All Fall DownDirector: Philip Hoffman 94 min. CanadaAll Fall Down weaves together a complex temporal structure that juxtaposes the lives of two figures, one historical (Nahneebahweequa: a nineteenth century aboriginal land rights activist) and the... This film was shown on Thursday, April 29th 2010 View This Film |
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Beijing Taxi Preceded by AasiaâAasia’s StoryDirector: Abu Khan 10 min. United KingdomSet in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Aasia’s Story follows Aasia Begum in her Rickshaw garage as she explains the trials and tribulations she has gone through in her life from being a housemaid to becoming a Rickshaw garage owner.
Director: Abu Khan 11 min. United Kingdom |
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It\'s A Man\'s WorldMe TimeDirector: Matt Schuman 11 min. U.S.A.Steve’s social calendar is getting full. It’s about time he emptied it.
Director: Andrew Barrow 10 min. U.S.A. |
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