Summer 2009 Film Schedule
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| NOTE: Filmed in Zulu language -- will be shown with English subtitles
Darrell James Roodt directs this heartfelt drama, the first Zulu-language film to be released internationally. Struggling to raise her daughter in a poor African village, Yesterday (Leleti Khumalo) finds the odds stacked against her when she learns that she's HIV positive. With her husband in denial, Yesterday must somehow find the strength to go on, determined to live just long enough to see her daughter go to school. |
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| Starring: | Leleti Khumalo, Lihle Mvelase, Kenneth Kambule, Harriet Lehabe, Camilla Walker, and Nandi Nyembe |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Year: | 2004 |
| Run Time: | 96 minutes |
| Rating: | Rate R for pervasive strong violence. |
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| Shunned by a husband (Edward Norton) who's more interested in his research, the simpleminded Kitty Fane (Naomi Watts) embarks on a quest for life fulfillment. Along the way, she ignites a passionate affair with a dashing womanizer (Liev Schreiber) and travels with her husband to the Far East, where she turns her attention to fighting the cholera epidemic. Diana Rigg co-stars in this period drama based on the novel by W. Somerset Maugham. |
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| Starring: | Naomi Watts, Edward Norton, Liev Schreiber, Toby Jones, Zoe Telford, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Yu Xia, and Diana Rigg |
| Genre: | Drama/Romance |
| Year: | 2006 |
| Run Time: | 2 hours, 5 minutes |
| Rating: | Rated PG-13 for some mature sexual situations, partial nudity, disturbing images, and brief drug content. |
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| Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Kenneth Branagh) faces personal and political crises in this biopic that begins not long after the future U.S. president is paralyzed by polio. Roosevelt endures the stigma of the disease and is moved by the plight of America's disabled and disempowered. As he searches for a miracle cure, he regains his confidence as a leader with help from wife Eleanor (Cynthia Nixon) and therapist Helena (Kathy Bates). |
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| Starring: | Kenneth Branagh, Cynthia Nixon, David Paymer, Tim Blake Nelson, Matt O'Leary, Andrew Davoli, Nelsan Ellis, Jane Alexander, Kathy Bates, Matt Malloy, and Felicia Day |
| Genre: | Biography/Drama |
| Year: | 2005 |
| Run Time: | 2 hours, 1 minute |
| Rating: | Rated PG -- contains material that parents may find unsuitable for younger children. |
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Spencer Tracy (in one of his best roles) as lawyer Henry Drummond and Fredric March as Matthew Harrison Brady square off as opposing attorneys in this blistering courtroom drama about the famed 1930s "Scopes Monkey Trial," where a Tennessee teacher was taken to task for teaching Darwinism in the schoolroom. Song-and-dance man Gene Kelly co-stars as newspaper reporter H.L. Mencken.
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| Starring: | Spencer Tracy, Gene Kelly, Fredric March, Dick York, Donna Anderson, Harry Morgan, and Elliott Reid |
| Genre: | Drama/History |
| Year: | 1960 |
| Run Time: | 2 hour, 8 minutes |
| Rating: | Not rated. This movie has not been rated by the MPAA. |
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| Based on the critically acclaimed memoir of the same name, this heart-wrenching drama follows Romulus (Eric Bana), a flawed yet deeply committed father who struggles to raise his son in the face of his wife's (Franka Potente) mental illness and neglectful ways. Set in rural Australia, the film is an ode not only to a father who overcomes insurmountable odds, but also to a nation and its breathtaking landscapes. |
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| Starring: | Eric Bana, Franka Potente, Marton Csokas, Russell Dykstra, Jacek Koman, Alethea McGrath, Terry Norris, Veronica Sywak, and Kodi Smit-McPhee |
| Genre: | Biography/Drama |
| Year: | 2007 |
| Run Time: | 1 hour, 44 minutes |
| Rating: | Rated R for sexuality, some violence, and brief language. |
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| The documentary "The Accidental Advocate" shows the story of Claude Gerstle, a surgeon and athlete. When Dr. Gerstle suffers a tragic bicycle accident that leaves him paralyzed from the neck down, he and his daughter, Jessica, discover hope in the politicized area of science called stem cell research. "The Accidental Advocate" is a wheelchair odyssey of a father and daughter who track down the thinkers, the politicians, the crusaders and the naysayers in an effort to understand the potential of the science and why a political quagmire is stalling a cure. |
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| Starring: | Claude, Jessica, Ellen, Ari, and Jessica Gerstle; numerous scientists; politicians; advocates; ethicists; and theologians. |
| Genre: | Documentary |
| Year: | 2008 |
| Run Time: | 92 minutes |
| Rating: | Not rated |
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| Science in the Cinema -- AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center Location, Directions, and Parking |
Where is the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center?
http://www.afi.com/silver/new/about/directions.aspx
8633 Colesville Road
Silver Spring, MD 20910
(At the intersection of Colesville Road and Georgia Avenue in downtown Silver Spring.)
How do I get there by car?
The AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center is less than two miles south of Beltway exit 30 (Colesville Road) and exit 31 (Georgia Avenue). The theatre is also convenient to the Bethesda area via East-West Highway and to downtown Washington via 16th Street, N.W.
Where do I park?
The Wayne Avenue parking garage is now open, with convenient and easy access to Downtown Silver Spring. The Wayne Avenue garage is located between Georgia Avenue and Fenton Street. The Wayne Avenue garage offers FREE PARKING after 6:00 p.m. on weekdays and all day on weekends.
Convenient parking is available to AFI patrons behind the Lee Building at the corner of Colesville Road and Georgia Avenue ($3.00 for the entire evening). The lot can be entered from either Georgia Avenue or Fenton Street. There are new parking garages on Wayne Avenue and Ellsworth Drive that offer parking free after 6pm. In addition, parking is available at Gateway Plaza after 6:00 p.m. (in front of the historic shopping center at the corner of Georgia and Colesville). The AFI Silver is also within easy walking distance of several public parking decks. The closest parking deck is one-and-a-half blocks from the theatre at Colesville Road and Spring Street. The public garages offer free parking on weekends and metered rates of 50¢ per hour weekdays.
The Town Square garage, located on the northeast corner of Ellsworth Drive and Fenton Street, is also now open.
How do I get there by Metrorail?
The AFI Silver Theatre is located on Colesville Road, just two blocks north of Metro's Red Line station in Silver Spring.
How do I get there by Metrobus?
The Silver Spring station is served by Metrobus routes 70, 71, J5, F4, F6, J1, J2, J3, J4, Q2, S2, S4, Y8, and Z5.
How do I get there by Ride-On Bus?
The Silver Spring station is served by Ride-On routes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, and 28.
What if I have additional questions?
For information about ticketing, please contact the AFI Silver at (voice) 301-495-6720. Tickets are free at the theatre's box office and are available on a first-come, first-served basis on the day of the show.
For further information about the Science in the Cinema film series, please contact the NIH Office of Science Education (OSE) at (e-mail) ose@science.education.nih.gov, (voice) 301-402-2470, (fax) 301-402-3034, or (TTY through the Federal Relay Service) 1-800-877-8339.
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