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The Pollinators Director: Peter Nelson Runtime: 92 minutes Much of the food on our tables comes from the intrinsic act of pollinating the flowers that become the fruits, vegetables and nuts we eat, but agricultural practices, pesticides and politics are making that simple act of nature more difficult everyday. Honey bees pollinate one third …
Shifter Director: Matthew MarderRuntime: 12 minutes When an agent infiltrates a Russian Embassy in Tbilisi, Georgia and steals mysterious files, the Russians kidnap a woman they believe to be the culprit. But it may be a case of mistaken identity… The Hour After Westerly Director: Nate Bell & Andrew MorehouseRuntime: 24:44 minutes Davis Harwell (Peter …
Ape Canyon Director: Joshua Land & Victor Fink Runtime: 73 minutes n the midst of a quarter-life crisis, Cal Piker drags his big sister Samantha along on a Bigfoot-hunting expedition. And nothing – not the adventure turning out to be a scam, not being abandoned in the woods to die, not a confrontation with …
Boarding Pass Director: Mehdi RahmaniRuntime: 84 minutes Neda has decided to transit narcotics by swallowing them to solve her financial problems. The job, however has its own dangers. Screening Info Date: Saturday, November 2, 2019 at 8pmVenue: Reading IMAX TheaterAddress: 30 N 2nd St, ReadingTickets: $10
This Is Home: A Refugee Story Director: Alexandra ShivaRuntime: 91 minutes THIS IS HOME is an intimate portrait of four Syrian refugee families arriving in America and struggling to find their footing. Displaced from their homes and separated from loved ones, they are given eight months of assistance from the International Rescue Committee to become …
Nothing From Something Director: Chris PerilloRuntime: 66 minutes In the midst of a messy divorce and a nervous breakdown after catching his best friend sleeping with his wife, Luke is out of options. He is forced to move in with his father, who he hasn’t spoken with in four years. Everyone around Luke seems to …
Tarab Director: Jennifer HanleyRuntime: 88 minutes Mena Isaac is a single, successful Lebanese-American lawyer, married to her career. Sarah, her mother, desperately wants grandchildren and even arranges some “dates” (including, unwittingly, one with a gay Lebanese man). But Mena is getting older and Sarah is losing hope. Although, the Isaacs are a modern Lebanese-American family, …
From Liberty to Captivity Director: Debbie Wright Runtime: 132 minutes From Liberty to Captivity examines how one of America’s original 13 states, Pennsylvania, went from a place that represented the fight for freedom historically and now has become a state where modern-day slavery is flourishing – threatening the principle of “liberty and justice for all.” …
Ako Director: Nabi GholizadehRuntime: 82 minutes Tehran’s Grand Bazaar. Every product has a story and every porter has a secret. Ako does not want anyone to know his secret Screening Info Date: Saturday, November 2, 2019 at 4pmVenue: Reading IMAX TheaterAddress: 30 N 2nd St, ReadingTickets: $10
The Worry Doll Director: Brandon C. LayRuntime: 110 minutes After a series of unexplainable night terrors Tess (Syd Stauffer) becomes obsessed with finding her estranged sister, Janie (Karisa Hope). Tess and her best friend Ashlyn (Kate Huges) enlist her sister’s ex girlfriend Tick-Tick (Jenna McBreen) to help search for her in the drug underworld. Screening …
