Indie Lens Pop-Up Free Film Screening

Magic Valley Arts Council and Idaho Humanities Council invite you to attend the Indie Lens Pop-Up free film screening of Always in Season, at 6 pm on Wednesday, February 26 at the Twin Falls Center for the Arts,195 River Vista Place.

Join us for a free slice of pizza. Film run time is approximately 86 minutes. 

Following the film will be a moderated discussion led by Justin L. Vipperman, instructor at College of Southern Idaho and Idaho State University, is an American West historian specializing in African American history.
 
Brought to us by Independent Television Service, Indie Lens Pop- Up offers free film screenings of documentary films which will be showcased on PBS’ Independent Lens, an Emmy® Award-winning weekly series airing on PBS Monday nights. Check your local PBS listings for times.
 
This program is supported in part by a grant from the Idaho Humanities Council, a State-based program of the National Endowment for the Arts.
 
Always in Season, by Jacqueline Olive, showcases descendants of the victims and perpetrators of lynching are working together to heal a violent history. Blending observational footage with first-person testimonies and expert input, the film examines the lingering impact of lynching and the link between this historic form of racial terrorism and the racial violence that exists today.
 
Future Indie Lens Pop-Up films are:
Bedlam by Kenneth Paul Rosenberg – Filmmaker and practicing psychiatrist, Rosenberg visits ERs, jails, and homeless camps to examine our national mental health crisis. He follows the poignant stories of people grappling with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and other chronic psychiatric conditions, whose silence and shame often worsen the suffering.  March 12, 2020
Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project by Matt Wolf – Marion Stokes secretly recorded television twenty-four hours a day for thirty years. It started in 1979 with the dawn of the 24-hour news cycle and ended when Marion passed away in 2012. In total, she recorded on 70,000 VHS tapes, capturing revolutions, lies, wars, triumphs, and catastrophes that tell us who we were and how television has shaped the world of today.  April 28, 2020
Eating Up Easter by Sergio Mata’u Rapu. More than just a picture postcard of iconic stone statues, Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, is a microcosm of a planet in flux. Native Rapanui grapple with a booming tourism trade that rakes in money but brings about a changing climate that threatens the fragile ecology on the island.  May 6, 2020

For more information visit www.magicvalleyartscouncil.org or call 734-ARTS (2787).