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Feast of the Epiphany, from the Academy Award–winning producer of American Factory, premieres online, exclusive to MoMI, beginning May 8
Each film release will be accompanied by live online conversations
Spaceship Earth
MAY 8–24, 2020
Dir. Matt Wolf. 2020, 115 mins. Spaceship Earth is the astonishing story of eight visionary people who in 1991 spent two years isolated within a self-built, closed system environment called Biosphere 2. These individuals came together not as scientists, but as a theater troupe motivated by the ethos of “learning by doing.” Their expeditions led them to build a functioning ranch in New Mexico, sail around the world in a ship of their own making, and ultimately create a model of Earth’s ecosystem to help model sustainable living and contribute to mitigating the risks of climate change. Directed and produced by Matt Wolf (Teenage, Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project), Spaceship Earth intermixes never-before-seen archival footage with present-day interviews with the Biospherians to tell a stranger-than-fiction story we would do well to reflect upon in this time when the future is uncertain. A NEON release. Trailer. | More info.
Tickets: $3.99. Your ticket directly supports the Museum.
Related: On Friday, May 8, 9:00 p.m. EDT, MoMI hosts a live online event with director Matt Wolf and environmental scientist Andrew Reid Bell, in conversation with Science and Film Curator Sonia Epstein. RSVP here.
Feast of the Epiphany
MAY 8–24, 2020
Dirs. Michael Koresky, Jeff Reichert, Farihah Zaman. 2018, 80 mins. With Meng Ai, Nikki Calonge, Sean Donovan, Jill Frutkin, Jessie Shelton. In this formally ingenious docu-fictional diptych, a young woman lovingly prepares a meal for friends, and the simple gesture takes on unexpected significance. Revelry turns to meditations on mortality, and the tiniest, hard-won gesture of goodness comes from an unexpected party. Night turns to day, and viewers are taken somewhere else entirely―albeit with a lingering dissolve of emotions, ideas, and grace. From the Academy Award–winning producer of American Factory, Feast of the Epiphany is an uncommonly sensitive rumination on the ways people form and choose communities, collaborations, and support groups in the face of hardship, labor, and loss. Trailer. | More info.
Available to watch online beginning May 8.
Tickets: $12. Your ticket directly supports the Museum.
Related: On Sunday, May 10, 7:00 p.m. EDT, MoMI hosts a live online conversation with filmmakers Michael Koresky, Jeff Reichert, and Farihah Zaman.
The Infiltrators
MAY 1–14, 2020
Dirs. Alex Rivera, Cristina Ibarra. 2019, 95 mins. In English and Spanish with English subtitles. The Infiltrators is a docu-thriller, from directors Alex Rivera (Sleep Dealer) and Cristina Ibarra (Las Marthas), that tells the true story of young immigrants who are detained by Border Patrol—on purpose—and thrown into a shadowy for-profit detention center. From the inside, Marco and Viri, members of the National Immigrant Youth Alliance—a group of radical DREAMers who are on a mission to stop unjust deportations—call attention to the plight of the undocumented. An Oscilloscope Labs release. Trailer. | More info.
Tickets: $12. Your ticket directly supports the Museum.
Related: On Sunday, May 3, 7:00 p.m. EDT, MoMI hosts a live online event with directors Alex Rivera and Cristina Ibarra and activists Marco Saavedra and Viridiana Martinez who are featured in the film, in conversation with Curator of Film Eric Hynes and guest curator Tiffany Joy Butler. RSVP here.
Pahokee
THROUGH MAY 14, 2020
Dirs. Ivete Lucas, Patrick Bresnan. 2019, 112 mins. This powerful documentary, which premiered in competition at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival, follows four teens from the isolated rural town of Pahokee, Florida, as they experience the joys and heartbreaks of their last year in high school. Directed by Ivete Lucas and Patrick Bresnan (The Rabbit Hunt), Pahokee was shot on 16mm film and bears traces of both American observational nonfiction and Italian neorealism, in a distinctive style illuminating the lives, and myriad hopes and dreams, of too often overlooked youth in today’s society. A Monument Releasing film. Trailer. | More info.
Tickets: $12 (use code “momi” and a portion of ticket sales supports the Museum).
Related: On Saturday, May 2, 8:00 p.m. EDT, directors Ivete Lucas and Patrick Bresnan will participate in a live YouTube conversation with Curator of Film Eric Hynes. More info.
Photo: Spaceship Earth
Press contact: Tomoko Kawamoto, tkawamoto@movingimage.us
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