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Film
The Day after Trinity – Film
Winona Arts Center 228 East 5th Street, Winona, MN, United StatesFriday / October 20, 2023 / 7:00pm This 1981 documentary film is directed and produced by Jon H. Else. The film tells the story of J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904-1967), the theoretical physicist who led the effort to build the first atomic bomb, tested in July 1945 at the Trinity site in New Mexico. It features…
200 Meters – Film
Winona Arts Center 228 East 5th Street, Winona, MN, United StatesFriday / November 3, 2023 / 7:00pm 96 minutes. Arabic, English and Hebrew with English subtitles. Mustafa (Ali Sulman), a Palestinian construction worker, lives in the West Bank, a mere 200 meters from his wife and children in Israel. Though eligible for an Israeli ID, Mustafa instead chooses to use his work permit to visit…
Frozen River Film Festival at the WAC – Film: Greener Pastures
Greener Pastures captures the day-to-day lives of four small, Midwestern, multigenerational family farms over the course of three years. Through an intimate, observational lens, we examine various farm stressors, policies, and politics that farmers must maneuver to survive, connecting the dots between mental health, industrialization, food production, and climate change. It is a story of…
Frozen River Film Festival at the WAC—WORKSHOP: Lighting for Film
Winona Arts Center 228 East 5th Street, Winona, MN, United StatesLocal film experts Blake Darst and Dr. Danielle Schwartz will lead you through a hands-on workshop that covers the basics of lighting for documentaries, focusing on quality lighting for interviews. You will get the chance to handle basic lighting equipment and learn about affordable “hacks” to adapt lighting you may have at home to create…
Frozen River Film Festival at the WAC—Film: The Engine Inside
Winona Arts Center 228 East 5th Street, Winona, MN, United StatesThe Engine Inside tells the stories of six everyday people from all over the globe who reveal the unique power of the bicycle to change lives and build a better world. Through their stories, the film uncovers the often-overlooked potential of this 200-year-old machine, exploring its impact on a wide range of global issues such…
Frozen River Film Festival at the WAC—Blurring Borders: Cinema & Home
Winona Arts Center 228 East 5th Street, Winona, MN, United StatesCo-curated by Michelle Baroody and Sharon Mansur Showcasing Arab and SWANA (Southwest Asian and North African) artists and filmmakers, this set of short films challenges documentary form as well as common narratives/images of immigration and displacement. The makers featured in this segment use cinema to expand visibility both within and outside their ancestral homelands, interrogating…
Frozen River Film Festival at the WAC—Duo Set: Ibach & Iron Opera (with full subtitles)
Winona Arts Center 228 East 5th Street, Winona, MN, United StatesIbach An Ibach piano receives a makeover after surviving an international move and playing for four generations of pianists. Visit: sprucetone.com Iron Opera - NOT AVAILABLE FOR ONLINE VIEWING It’s not easy to stage an opera in the middle of northern Minnesota, but this is the Iron Range where the people are stubborn and…
Frozen River Film Festival at the WAC—Reprise: Local Films
Winona Arts Center 228 East 5th Street, Winona, MN, United StatesShowcasing local talent, this set features locally-made films which have had prior screenings in the Winona area. Healthy Lake Winona A group of local citizens formed the Healthy Lake Winona group with the goal to improve the water quality of Lake Winona after it was designated as an impaired body of water by the MN…
Frozen River Film Festival at the WAC—Film: The Engine Inside
Winona Arts Center 228 East 5th Street, Winona, MN, United StatesThe Engine Inside tells the stories of six everyday people from all over the globe who reveal the unique power of the bicycle to change lives and build a better world. Through their stories, the film uncovers the often-overlooked potential of this 200-year-old machine, exploring its impact on a wide range of global issues such…
Three Worlds – Winona Film Society
Winona Arts Center 228 East 5th Street, Winona, MN, United StatesDoors open at 6:30 pm. Al, a young man from modest means, is about to marry the boss’s daughter but after a night of partying, commits a hit and run and flees the scene. When he goes to the hospital, he is recognized by Juliette who witnessed the accident. Juliette pursues Al and demands him…
Sweetland – Winona Film Society
Winona Arts Center 228 East 5th Street, Winona, MN, United StatesDoors open at 6:30 pm. Winner of the independent Spirit Award First Feature Sweetland is a lovely old-fashioned farm romance quietly doubling as a commentary on immigration and American identity. Inge is a feisty German mail-order bride who has come to Minnesota to marry Olaf, a young Norwegian immigrant farmer of few words. In post-WWI anti-German…
Before, Now & Then – Winona Film Society
Winona Arts Center 228 East 5th Street, Winona, MN, United StatesDoors open at 6:30 pm. A daring narrative mix of the personal and the political, this film tells the story of the beautiful wife of a wealthy plantation owner who values her safety and material comforts. She carries out a haunted existence, dreaming of her lost love who was murdered during the Indonesian Revolution. She…