Cinemapolis Recommends - Virtual Cinema 🎥 Updates for June 10, 2020

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Cinemapolis - Ithaca's Member Supported Independent Movie Theater

Greetings, Cinemapolitans,

We start this week's update with a special note of thanks to all who took the opportunity to watch Idrissou Mora-Kpai's compelling documentary America Street. Through the filmmaker's generosity and in collaboration with the Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival, we were able to offer it for free, and more than 5,000 viewers took us up on that offer in under a week. Idrissou is working on details for a more official release of the film, so stay tuned for more information.

In the meantime, we're adding another four new virtual cinema offerings to the slate this Friday - a great mix of documentary, narrative, and animated films. We're also bidding farewell to a few virtual favorites. If you haven't yet seen Alice, Fourteen, or Up From the Streets, click over soon. They're only available through tomorrow, Thursday, June 11th.

As always, the full listing of all current and upcoming virtual films, including those titles ending tomorrow, can be found on our Virtual Cinema page.

NEW VIRTUAL CINEMA

VIRTUAL CINEMA:
IN MY BLOOD IT RUNS

“Quietly masterful portrait of growing up indigenous.”

-Luke Buckmaster, The Guardian

An intimate and compassionate observational documentary from the perspective of a 10-year-old Aboriginal boy in Alice Springs, Australia, struggling to balance his traditional Arrernte/Garrwa upbringing with a state education.

Director: Maya Newell

Stars: Carol Turner, Dujuan Turner, Megan Turner

Presented in collaboration with the Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival

VIRTUAL CINEMA:
MARONA'S FANTASTIC TALE

“Marona feels vibrant and upbeat even in moments of melancholy – like diving into an artistic child’s sketchbook and watching the illustrations splash to life all around.”

-Peter Debruge, Variety

After an accident, a little dog remembers all the different masters she’s had successively and loved unconditionally.

Director: Anca Damian

Writers: Anghel Damian

Stars: Lizzie Brocheré, Bruno Salomone, Thierry Hancisse

Subtitled in English

VIRTUAL CINEMA:
PICTURE A SCIENTIST

A Science On Screen Special Event!

Watch the virtual cinema screening, and then join us for a Q & A with three star scientists, two directors, and moderator Molly Webster of Radiolab.

LIVE on Wednesday, June 17 at 8 pm ET

Despite the minimal news coverage, sexual harassment and gender inequality against women are no less prevalent in science than they are in pop culture and corporate America.

Directors: Ian Cheney, Sharon Shattuck

Stars: Mahzarin Banaji, Raychelle Burks, Kathryn Clancy

Presented as part of SCIENCE ON SCREEN, an initiative of the Coolidge Corner Theatre. With major support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

VIRTUAL CINEMA:
SOMETIMES ALWAYS NEVER

“The precision in the shot composition is mirrored in the storytelling – there’s an unassuming elegance that balances the eccentricity of a film that makes something as mundane as Scrabble into a taut dramatic device.”

-Wendy Ide, The Observer

A detective fantasy / family drama where a love of words helps a father reconnect with a missing son.

Director: Carl Hunter
Writer: Frank Cottrell Boyce
Stars: Bill Nighy, Sam Riley, Alice Lowe

CONTINUING ON VIRTUAL CINEMA

RECOMMENDED VIEWING

The art of film provides a unique space where we can grapple with and illuminate contemporary issues. As our nation continues to come to terms with its long history of racial violence and inequities, we encourage all Cinemapolitans to watch, read, and listen to black voices; act in support of anti-racist causes; and donate to organizations that are providing services and aid to movements of social protest for racial justice.

The Criterion Collection is celebrating Black voices in film and lifting the pay-wall to allow free streaming of several titles, including Julie Dash's ground-breaking 1991 film, Daughters of the Dust.
Dee Rees' Oscar nominated portrait of post-war race relations, Mudbound, is available on Netflix.
Featured at the 2018 Ithaca Fantastik, Khalik Allah's gorgeous and experimental doc, Black Mother is now streaming for free via the Criterion Channel.
Stefon Bristol's sci-fi/fantasy take on police violence, See You Yesterday, is streaming on Netflix.

COMING SOON TO VIRTUAL CINEMA

While we're waiting to get back to the business of watching movies at the cinema, we'd love to hear from you on Twitter! Share your favorite #CinemapolisMemories and tell us what you'll do on your first visit back to the theater. Be sure to tag us -

@The Cinemapolis

Hope to see you at the movies again soon!

Brett Bossard, Executive Director

Cinemapolis is proud to be a certified living wage employer. As a response to the Covid-19 crisis, the cinema is temporarily closed. All staff will receive full pay during this closure. The purchase of virtual screening tickets, gift cards, and theater memberships all help support Cinemapolis to compensate the staff throughout this unprecedented time.

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