April 3rd, 2016
What’s Going On? Film Programs, Cinema, The Arts, Rehoboth Beach Film Society, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware Beaches, Southern Delaware
Movies offer us a ticket into another world. You can cry, scream, cheer, or maybe all of it at once. It is cheap therapy for a couple of hours. Better than sitting home watching the political circus 24/7.
The Rehoboth Beach Film Society is located in beautiful Rehoboth Beach, Delaware at 107 Truitt Avenue. Tel. 302-645-9095. Its mission is to promote cinematic arts and provide education and cultural enrichment. It is very active and throughout the year it offers residents that ticket to another world mentioned above. For more information, trailers, etc. etc. please visit http://www.rehobothfilm.com.
So, What’s Going On?
Thursday, April 7th – Film Programs/Cinema & The Arts…This film series brings art and artists to the big screen. Typically, there is a guest speaker who will introduce the film and also lead a post screening discussion. So, on Thrusday, 4/7, the featured film will be THE WINDING STREAM. This looks like an interesting film, more so if you like the Carter and Cash families. It tells the story of the Carter and Cash family dynasty seated at the heart of country music. Starting with the original Carters, the film traces the transformation of their musical act into the Carter Sisters. The marriage of Johnny Cash and June Carter. This is shot in HD. The Winding Stream features original Carter Family recordings but also showcases interpretrations of their songs as performed by such legends as John Prine, George Jones, Kris Kristofferson, and Sheryl Crow. It is told through interviews with family and friends who knew them best. This film has won numerous awards. It will run 90 minutes. A post film discussion will be led by George Spicer, who currently serves as secretary of the Eastern Shore Bluegrass Association. The Eastern Shore Bluegrass Association hosts concerts the second Sunday of each month in Marydel, Delaware. This film will take place at Cinema Art Theater, 17701 Dartmouth Drive, #2, Dartmouth Plaza, Lewes. This location is behind Wawa in Lewes. Admission is $8 for members and $10 for non-members. You can visit the above mentioned website and purchase tickets online, or by calling 302-645-9095 ext. 1. Online reservations will close on Thursday, the 7th at Noon. Please note that reservations made are non-refundable.
Friday, April 8th, Saturday, April 9th, Sunday, April 10th – What Makes Us Tick? This analytical series will be for the whole week-end. It explores the theme of Secrets and Lies through films and post-screening discussions. All screenings will be held at the Cinema Art Theater located at 17701 Dartmouth Drive, #2, Dartmouth Plaza, Lewes (behind Wawa). These 3 films will reveal the devastating effect that keeping secrets and telling lies has on individuals, families and communities. Issues such as redemption, forgiveness, and hope will be discussed. Each film will feature an introduction by licensed family therapist Joan Procaccio, and a post screening discussion facilitated by a mental health or educactional professional.
Admission prices for members are $15 per screening or $41 for the 3-film package. For the general public the admission will be $17 per screening and $47 for the 3-film package. Ticket prices include pre-screening refreshments. Wine will be available for purchase at selected screenings. Doors open 30 minutes prior to the start of the film The tickets can be obtained by visiting the website above mentioned, or by calling 302-645-9095, ext. 1, or by visiting the RBFS office Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tickets are non-refundable. Please also note that to receive the membership discounted admission, proof of current membership must be presented at the time of purchase, or in the case of online or tel. reservations, at admission to the event.
ORANGES AND SUNSHINE – Friday, 4/8 at 7 p.m. – This is a British film and it is a heart-wrenching fact-base drama, when social worker Margaret Humphreys (Emily Watson) uncovers the horrific scandal of forced child migration from the UK. Between the 1940’s and ’50s, and as recently as 1967, nearly 130,000 British children, some orphaned and some forcibly removed from their homes, were packed into ships and sent to Australia. They were told their parents were dead and instead of oranges and sunshine, a paradise offered to them, they were forced into hard labor and sometimes abuse….It runs 105 minutes and it is Rated R. A post film discussion will be led by Perrin Smith. He is a licensed clinical social worker who specializes in working with children and their families.
DEAR FRANKIE – Saturday, 4/9 at 3 p.m. – This is a Scottish drama, with many awards won including a 15 minute standing ovation when it was screened at the Cannes Film Festival. Dear Frankie is a working class fairy tale and it is the story of 9 year old Frankie and his mother Lizzie. He remembers nothing of the abuse he suffered as a child and his mother is determined to keep it that way. Through a Glasgow post office box he maintains a regular correspondence with someone he believes is his father. The letters, secretely authored by Lizzie, detail seafaring adventures from around the globe. But she cannot maintain this charade forever and torn between telling the truth and protecting her son, Lizzie gets more than she bargained for when she hires a handsome stranger to play the role of a lifetime. This simple story is rich with precise observation and it tugs at the heartstrings withouth being maudlin or manipulative….It runs for 105 minutes and is Rated PG 13. The post film discussion will be led by Suzanne Murphy, Suzanne Thurman, and Joe-Anne Corwin. Suzanne Murphy is a licensed clinical social worker who has a PHD in social welfare. Suzanne Thurman is the director of the MERR Institute, a nonprofit dedicated to the rescue efforts of stranded marine life. Joe-Anne Corwin was a professor of psychology at the Marine Maritime Acade in Castine, Main.
STORIES WE TELL – Sunday, 4/10 at 1:30 p.m. This is a Canadian documentary. Oscar nominated writer/director Sarah Polley is both filmmaker and detective as she investigates the secrets kept by a family of storytellers. This documentary explores the elusive nature of truth and memory, and how our narratives shape and define us. This documentary is Rated PG 13. A post film discussion will be led by Carolyn Walter and Suzanne Thurman. Carolyn Walter is a PHD, LCSW, Professor Emerita, Center for Social Work Education, Widener University and an Adjunct Professor at Univ. of PA, School of Social Work. Her area of specialty is grief, loss and transformation. Suzanne Thurman is the director of the MERR Institute, a nonprofit dedicated to the rescue efforts of stranded marine life.
Wednesday, April 13th at 4 p.m. – THE SELFISH GIANT, was an official selection of the Cannes Film Festival in 2013. It is a gripping story about 13 year old best friends, Arbor and Swifty. During a forced absence from school, the boys begin working for a dubious scrap dealer selling discarded wire to scrap yards. Their hard works pays off in the beginning but as Arbor becomes increasingly greedy, tensions build leading to a tragic event that transforms them all. This is a British drama set against the backdrop of post industrial northern England.
This screening is part of the monthly “Read a Movie” series in which members read a little-known short story in advance of the screening, then gather to share their thoughts about how well, or not so well the story expanded to the big screen. On the evening of the screening attendees can receive 15% off Dos Locos’ regular priced dinner entrees.
Admission is $3 for members, (current members need to present their membership card). $5 for future members. Location? Cinema Art Theater, 17701 Dartmouth Drive in Dartmouth Plaza, behind the Lewes’ Wawa.
Have a great time!!
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