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The Keepers
Sep 22 & 24 ~ “Love and Basketball”
By Diane McCurdy
In order to really appreciate The Keepers,
Sonoma Film Institute - follows childhood adversaries and talented athletes who have a love for basketball and each other. $5 donation/Parking $5, 4p, Warren Auditorium, Ives Hall, Sonoma State University, 1801 E. Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 707-664-2606, sonoma.edu/sfi/
Sep 24 ~ Sunday Afternoon at the Movies Vintage House LGBT Senior Program Hedwig and the Angry Itch 2001, John Cameron Mitchell, Light refreshments for sale. All proceeds support the expansion of LGBT programs at Vintage House $8, 2- 4p, Vintage House Sonoma, 264 First Street East, Sonoma, 707-996- 0311, vintagehouse.org
Sep 28 ~ Cinema and
Study, watch and discuss the cinematic art of memory across genre, style, and era in six masterful films. $135, Thursdays 6:30-9:30 pm. No class Oct 19. SRJC Community Education, 1501 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa, www. cinemaandpsyche.com. Last day to sign up is: Oct. 12, 2017 Taught by Terry Ebinger, 510-496-6060, srjcce.augusoft. net, dreamterry@gmail.com
Sep 29 & Oct 1 ~ “Afterimage” - Sonoma Film Institute - story of creative freedom in the face of government oppression. $5 donation/Parking - $5, 4p, Warren Auditorium, Ives Hall, Sonoma State University, 1801 E. Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 707-664-2606, sonoma.edu/sfi/
which is available for streaming on Netflix, it is necessary to reflect on two other presentations that preceded it: the film, Spotlight, and the T.V. series, The Making
By Date
Sep 7 ~ “From Forest Exploitation toward Stewardship: The Remarkable Story of the Evolution of California’s Redwood Industry”. $20, 6- 8p, Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Reserve, 17000 Armstrong Woods Rd Guerneville, AR Volunteer Office, Guerneville, 707-869- 9177, stewardscr.org/
Sep 7 ~ “The Peacemaker” -Padraig O’Malley helps make peace for others but struggles to find it for himself. $12, 7:00p, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, 282 High St., Little Red Hen Theatre, Sebastopol, sebarts.vbotickets.com/event/Best_of_ the_Fest_2017/19420?edid=69058
Sep 8 & 10 ~ “Shadows” - Sonoma Film Institute - follows 3 African American siblings through a multi-racial New York bohemia. $5 donation/Parking - $5, Warren Auditorium, Ives Hall, Sonoma State University, 1801 E. Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 707-664-2606, sonoma. edu/sfi/
Sep 11 ~ “Desert Hearts” - Alexander Valley Film Society - A landmark lesbian film from 1986. First film to feature a romance between two female characters that didn’t result in their deaths. $12, 7p, The Clover Theatre, 121 E 1st St, Cloverdale, avfilmsociety.org/
Sep 13 ~ Let’s Talk About Death: Film and Discussion Evening - Final Passages presents film “Collateral Beauty,” followed by discussion. $5 to $15 donation, 6:30-9p, Sebastopol Grange, 6000 Hwy 12, Sebastopol, finalpassages. org/film-evening-september2017/
Sep 15 & 17 ~ “Obit” - Sonoma Film Institute - Documentary, introduces us to the ones responsible for crafting the obituaries of the NYT. $5 /Parking $5, 4p,Warren Auditorium, Ives Hall, Sonoma State University, 1801 E. Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, 707-664-2606, sonoma.edu/sfi/
Sep 15 ~ “Adidam” monthly video event Avatar Adi Da (1939-2008) offers a Way that radically differs from and yet perfectly completes, for all time— the world’s great spiritual traditions. Donations, 7p, Finley Center, 2060 W College Ave., Maple Room, Santa Rosa, 707-540-0211, Martin Miller, adidam.org/ santa-rosa/events, SantaRosaCAus@ adidam.org
National Geographic series Years of Living Dangerously also participate in the post-screening conversation. Free, 7:15pRialto Cinemas, 6868 McKinley St, rialtocinemas.com/index.php?locat ion=sebastopol&page=special_events, mailto:Barbara@SolarWorksCA.com
of a Murderer. Spotlight won the Academy Award in 2016 for best picture. It is a routine examination of several investigative journalists’
inquiry into the clergy abuse of innocent children in the Boston archdiosese and the subsequent cover- up. I would have preferred a more psychological approach. What was in the
minds of these men, supposed men of god, to have perpetrated such diabolical acts? The Making of a Murderer was an episodic documentation providing a 10 year glimpse into the life of Steven Avery who was incarcerated for a murder he did not commit and later when law suits were filed he was charged with yet another crime. Accusations of corrupt law enforcement, perhaps planted evidence remain unanswered. This series won 4 Emmys.
Psyche: The Art of Memory
Delving more into the mental and psychological processes not portrayed in Spotlight while maintaining all of its fervency and losing none of the systematic inquiry of Making of a Murderer, The Keepers will keep you riveted. This 7 episode docudrama begins with the coming forth of a Jane Doe whose long ago suppressed memories have bubbled to the surface. She maintained that while attending Archbishop Keough High School in Baltimore, Maryland
Sep 6 ~ “Angels in America Pt. 1 Milennium Approaces”
Sep 13 ~ “Angels in America Pt 2 – Perestroika”
Sep21“NationalTheatreLive2017Fall3 play Season begins with Yerma”
Call for Entries
thru - Sep 10 ~ 2018 -Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival - Call for Entries. Film Festival brings the best documentaries along with their filmmakers to Northern California. We screen short and feature length documentaries, hybrid docs, and any other type of film that can be described as a documentary. sebastopolfilmfestival. org/submissions/
Outdoor Movies
Movies in the Park at Howarth Memorial Park - Lower lawn - Land of Imagination Playground, start at dusk, approx. 7:45p. Free. 630 Summerfield Rd, SR, srcity. org/2170/Movies-in-the-Park,
Sep 1 ~ Moana
Sep 8 ~ Sing
Sep 15 ~ Beauty and the Beast (2017)
she was sexually abused repeatedly by Father Joseph Maksell. Father Maksell was the principal and also functioned as a counselor. This startling revelation sparked the interest of two geriatric “Nancy Drews”, a retired nurse and a teacher, who had also attended the same high school. The pivotal incident being researched revolves around the murder of Cathy Cesnik, a young, beautiful and much beloved nun who taught English and drama. So well liked was she that students felt comfortable confiding in her. Was her death perpetrated by the fact that she was about to expose Maksell? This we will never know but the evidence certainly seems to point in that direction.
The director, Ryan White, has an aunt who attended Archbishop Keough thereby lending him a personal slant. In the 60’s when this took place, priests were revered , mystical figures almost like demi-gods. Maksell had friends and relatives in the police department. He was the police chaplain. It is amazing that he was not indicted if only half of the things attributed to him were true. These supposed blessed men spreading the good word while continuing their heinous behavior, what kind of reconciliation do they manipulate in their minds? Check out The Keepers and try to figure out that conundrum.
Sep 19 ~ “Years of Living Dangerously”
Rialto Theater – 6868 McKinley
St., Sebastopol - Call for times 707 525-4840
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An Inconvenient Sequel—Speaking Truth to Power
Read the whole article by Tish Levee online & pg. 47
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“I came away from the new Al Gore movie simply astonished by the power of this film, the concepts, the conversations, the graphics, and the stunning cinematography. In contrast with An Inconvenient Truth (2006), Gore’s first movie....
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