Dir: Aaron Wertheimer
Runtime: 71 min
Rating: NR
Genre: Comedy/Sports/Drama
Country/Language: USA/English

A mysterious drifter breathes new life into a small town by teaching them the Zen of stone skipping. But when he gets too close to the sister of a powerful local, stones might not be the only thing sinking in the river.  This film was made in and around Bay County, Michigan.

Showtimes for Skippers:

Friday, Feb 15 at 9:30pm in The Platform - Moore Hall, CMU
Saturday, Feb 16 at 1pm at the Sarah and Daniel Opperman Auditorium – Park Library

Q&A with the director Aaron Wertheimer after the film!

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Mary Queen of Scots (2018) 

Dir: Josie Rourke
Runtime: 124 min
Genre: Drama/History
Country/Language: UK/English

Mary Stuart’s attempt to overthrow her cousin Elizabeth I, Queen of England, finds her condemned to years of imprisonment before facing execution.  (stars: Saoirse Ronan, Margot Robbie

Showtimes for Mary Queen of Scots:
Friday, Feb 15that 8:30pm at Sarah and Daniel Opperman Auditorium – Park Library
Saturday, Feb 16 at 3pm at Sarah and Daniel Opperman Auditorium – Park Library

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Ismael’s Ghosts (Les Fantomes d’Ismael) (2017)

Dir: Arnaud Desplechin
Runtime: 114 min
Genre: Drama/Romance/Thriller
Country/Language: France/French with English subtitles

The story of a filmmaker whose life is sent into a tailspin by the return of a former lover, just as he is about to embark on the shoot of a new film.  Starring: Marion Cotillard, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Mathiu Amalric

Showtime for Ismael’s Ghosts:
Friday, Feb 15 at 7pm at the Platform, Moore Hall room 102, CMU

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BlacKkKlansman (2018)  

Dir: Spike Lee
Runtime: 135 min
Rating: R
Genre: Drama/Crime/Bio
Country/Language:  USA/English

Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer from Colorado Springs successfully manages to infiltrate the local Ku Klux Klan branch with the help of a Jewish surrogate who eventually becomes its leader.  Based on actual events.  (stars: John David Washington, Adam Driver, Topher Grace)

Showtimes for BlacKkKlansman:  
Friday, Feb 15 at 6pm at Sarah and Daniel Opperman Auditorium – Park Library
Saturday, Feb 16 8:30pm at Sarah and Daniel Opperman Auditorium – Park Library

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Supa Modo (2018)

Dir: Likarion Wainaina
Runtime: 74 min
Rating: NR
Genre: Drama

Story of a young girl whose dream of becoming a superhero is threatened by her terminal illness, inspiring her village to rally together to make her dream come true.  In Swahili with English subtitles

Showtimes for Supa Modo:
Friday, Feb 15 at 5pm at The Platform, Moore Hall room 102, CMU
Saturday, Feb 16 at 11am at Sarah and Daniel Opperman Auditorium – Park Library
Sunday, Feb 17 at 1pm at Sarah and Daniel Opperman Auditorium – Park Library

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The Favourite (2018)

Dir: Yorgos Lanthimos
Runtime: 121 min
Rating: R
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Biography
Country/Language: Ireland, UK, USA/English

In the early 18th century, England is at war with the French. Nevertheless, duck racing and pineapple eating are thriving. A frail Queen Anne occupies the throne, and her close friend, Lady Sarah, governs the country in her stead, while tending to Anne's ill health and mercurial temper. When a new servant, Abigail, arrives, her charm endears her to Sarah. Sarah takes Abigail under her wing, and Abigail sees a chance to return to her aristocratic roots.

Showtimes for The Favourite:
Wednesday, Feb 13 at 6pm at Celebration Cinema, Mt. Pleasant
Friday, Feb 15 at 3:30pm at Celebration Cinema, Mt. Pleasant
Saturday, Feb 16 at 12:30pm at Celebration Cinema, Mt. Pleasant
Sunday, Feb 17 at 9pm at Celebration Cinema, Mt. Pleasant

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Industrial Accident: The Story of Wax Trax! Records (2018)

Dir: Julia Nash
Runtime: 95 min
Rating: NR
Genre: Documentary/Biography/Music
Country/Language: USA/English

From humble beginnings in Denver, Colorado, Jim Nash and Dannie Flesher built one of the most influential American independent record labels. In 1978 they opened Wax Trax! Records in Chicago, Illinois, which would evolve into a record store and music label like no other—Wax Trax! became the nexus of the new wave, punk rock and industrial music scenes, and America’s preeminent industrial label of the 1980s and ’90s

Showtimes for Industrial Accident:
Friday at 3pm at the Sarah and Daniel Opperman Auditorium – Park Library
Sunday at 7pm at The Platform, Moore Hall room 102, CMU

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Digging the Suez Canal with a Teaspoon (2019)

Dir: David Stairs
Runtime: 80 min
Rating: NR
Genre: Documentary
Country/Language: USA/English

An introspective on design’s role with philanthropies. This documentary film that investigates the pros and cons of what has come to be called the “social design space.” This in itself is a bit of a misnomer, as clearly all design requires some sort of social contract, but the term has come into universal use from a need to differentiate design’s civil society and community characteristics from its commercial aspects.

Showtime: 
Friday Feb 15 at 3pm at The Platform (Room 102 Moore Hall) CMU

Q&A with filmmakers scheduled!

If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)

*Sponsored by CMU’s Office of Institutional Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Dir: Barry Jenkins
Runtime: 119 min
Rating: R
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country/Language: USA/English

A woman in Harlem embraces her pregnancy while she and her family struggle to prove her fiancé innocent of a crime.

Showtimes for If Beale Street Could Talk:
Wednesday, Feb 13 at 9pm at Celebration Cinema, Mt. Pleasant
Friday, Feb 15 at 12:30pm at Celebration Cinema, Mt. Pleasant
Saturday, Feb 16 at 3:30pm at Celebration Cinema, Mt. Pleasant
Sunday, Feb 17 at 6pm at Celebration Cinema, Mt. Pleasant

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