Science in the Cinema Begins May 11 at the AFI Silver Theater When: May 11July 13, 2004 Where: AFI Silver Theater, Silver Spring, MD Institute: Office of Science Education (OSE) The NIH’s free annual Science in the Cinema series begins on May 11 and will show movies with medical science-related themes. This festival, sponsored by OSE in partnership with the historic AFI Silver Theater and Cultural Center in downtown Silver Spring, will be held at the Silver Theater. Each film showing will be followed by comments from a guest speaker with expertise in the film’s subject area and then by audience questions. Film titles and the medical themes covered are: - May 11: Silvia—depression and suicide
- June 8: Dark Victory—brain cancer
- July 13: Miss Evers’ Boys—Tuskegee syphilis experiments, human subjects research, history of medicine
The films begin at 7 p.m. and free tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis (there are 400 seats) through the AFI Silver box office the day of the show. All films are shown with captions and American Sign Language interpreters will be available for the post-film discussions. Science in the Cinema is open to the general public and is intended for a broad range of individuals who enjoy the cinema and have an interest in science and medicine. Next Steps
- For further information about Science in the Cinema, visit OSE’s Web site at http://science.education.nih.gov/cinema. To request reasonable accommodation, e-mail moorec@mail.nih.gov or call (301) 402-2470 [TTY: (301) 496-9706]. - For information about the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center, visit AFI Silver’s Web site at http://afi.com/silver or call (301) 495-6720. The AFI Silver is at 8633 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20910, and is easily accessible by Metrorail via the Red Line’s Silver Spring station.
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