Films
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ALICE CARES
Sander Burger / Netherlands / 2015 / 80 mins
A socializing robot named Alice brings comfort to three elderly women suffering from the loneliness of dementia.ALICE CARES
CinemaSalem
Wednesday, March 9, 6:00pm Buy Tickets
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AMERICAN RENAISSANCE
Jarred Alterman, Ryan Scafuro / USA / 2015 / 9 mins
A bawdy and wild ride behind the scenes of one of America's first counter-cultures: The Renaissance Faire.
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THE BABUSHKAS OF CHERNOBYL
Holly Morris / Ukraine via USA / 2015 / 71 mins
Three unlikely heroines scratch out an existence in the most toxic place on Earth.THE BABUSHKAS OF CHERNOBYL
Peabody Essex Museum
Saturday, March 5, 5:45pm Buy Tickets
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BANANA PANCAKES AND THE CHILDREN OF STICKY RICE
Daan Veldhuizen / Laos, Netherlands / 2015 / 93 mins
Western backpackers arrive at a remote village in Laos, causing two childhood friends to confront their different reactions to the expanded world view the tourists bring with them.BANANA PANCAKES AND THE CHILDREN OF STICKY RICE
CinemaSalem
Wednesday, March 9, 8:00pm Buy Tickets
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BEYOND THE HORIZON
Ryan Noth / Canada / 2015 / 10 mins
Canadian archaeologists dive under 3 meters of ice to discover the HMS Erebus, one of Sir John Franklin’s doomed ships tasked with discovering the Northwest Passage in 1845.
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THE BIRTH OF SAKE
Erik Shirai / Japan, USA / 2015 / 90 mins
Passionate artisans preserve a 2,000-year-old tradition of making sake in a fifth generation family-owned Japanese brewery.THE BIRTH OF SAKE
Peabody Essex Museum
Thursday, March 10, 5:30pm Buy Tickets
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BLUESPACE
Ian Cheney / USA / 2015 / 74 mins
Gritty encounters with waterfront dwellers and space farmers lead to explorations of the terraforming of Mars and New York City in this science fiction-infused documentary about the legacies of pollution on our increasingly watery Earth.BLUESPACE
CinemaSalem
Sunday, March 6, 12:30pm Buy Tickets
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CIRCLE OF POISON
Evan Mascagni, Shannon Post / Argentina, India, Mexico, USA / 2015 / 71 mins
A global look at the results of a U.S. policy that allows American companies to make and export banned toxic pesticides to less regulated countries, where they have all the horrific effects lawmakers warned of here.CIRCLE OF POISON
CinemaSalem
Saturday, March 5, 11:45am Buy Tickets
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CONCRETE LOVE: THE BÖHM FAMILY
Maurizius Staerkle-Drux / Germany, Switzerland / 2014 / 83 mins
German architect Gottfried Böhm and his three architect sons must contend with the loss of the family matriarch, herself an architect and the emotional and artistic source of inspiration for all the Böhm men.CONCRETE LOVE
Peabody Essex Museum
Friday, March 4, 6:00pm Buy Tickets
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CURIOUS WORLDS: THE ART & IMAGINATION OF DAVID BECK
Olympia Stone / USA / 2015 / 68 mins
An intimate portrait of the most accomplished American artist you've never heard of, working in a genre all his own.CURIOUS WORLDS: THE ART & IMAGINATION OF DAVID BECK
Peabody Essex Museum
Thursday, March 3, 7:30pm Buy Tickets