North Face athlete and widely-traveled climber Mark Synnott returns for his third visit to the Acadia Climbing Festival, this time to tell us the story of his most recent adventure to Pitcairn Island, a small island of volcanic rock in the South Pacific made famous by the mutineers from the HMS Bounty. Traveling by sailboat with fellow climbers Greg Child, Kevin Thaw and Jimmy Chin, the team made several first ascents on the island's cliffs and glimpsed one the world's most unique societies. Mark's reputation as a storyteller makes this a must see for both climbers and non-climbers alike.
RESCHEDULED FOR SATOCT 7
2pm at REEL PIZZA doors open at 1:30
(sorry, no dogs admitted)
Take your dog to the movies. it's for a good cause!On August 28, with help from the SPCA of Hancock County, the DogFest Film Festival, the nation's first festival featuring short films about dogs, is coming to Bar Harbor. The DogFest Film Festival includes winning dog-related films and interviews with filmmakers, dog-loving celebrities and musicians. It's the perfect, outdoor family-friendly evening for dogs and their people. The Festival will be held on the grounds of College of the Atlantic, with activities kicking off at 6:00 pm, with films to start at 8:00 PM. Come early for dog agility, fly-ball and frisbee demos plus receive some dog goodie giveaways!
All tickets are $6, dogs admitted free, with all proceeds going to the SPCA of Hancock County. For more information please call 288-0151 or email spca@gwi.net.
doors open at 1:30.
1pm Sunday
What big ideas are changing the way people think about our world in the 21st century? What, exactly, are Big Ideas? These questions will be the theme of an ongoing series of events sponsored by Acadia Senior College.
To kick off this series, the Senior College and Reel Pizza have teamed up to present the movie End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American Dream. A community discussion will follow the showing with David Hales, President of College of the Atlantic; Erika Shriner, Activist and writer; Karen Wigglesworth of the Maine Earth Institute will be facilitating the discussion. There will be a charge of $4.00 for ASC members and COA Students and $6.00 for non-members. Reel Pizza’s restaurant will offer full service during the event.
End of Suburbia explores the American way of life as expressed in the explosion of suburban sprawl over the past 50 years, and the serious questions beginning to emerge about the sustainability of this way of life. As global demand for fossil fuels begins to outstrip supply, the consequences of inaction are enormous. In this documentary, scientists and policy makers discuss what World Oil Peak means for North America. How will the populations of suburbia react to the collapse of their dream? Are today’s suburbs destined to become the slums of tomorrow? And what can be done now, individually and collectively, to avoid the End of Suburbia?
Our Summer 2008 Friday Late Night series continues with more ImproVision. Featuring the comic talents of the funny ImprovAcadia crew they create on-the-spot dialogue, music and sound effects to a camp classic THEY HAVE NEVER SEEN! This week's film is the 1972 camp blaxploitation classic The Thing With Two Heads staring Rosey Grier. The movie, about a dying racist white man who is incensed when his head transplanted onto a soul brother's body-that of a black death row inmate, will be played silently – allowing the ImprovAcadia crew to improvise live in the theatre. Who knows what unexpected turns the plot could take?
Our Summer 2008 Friday Late Night series continues with more ImproVision. Featuring the comic talents of the funny ImprovAcadia crew they create on-the-spot dialogue, music and sound effects to a camp classic THEY HAVE NEVER SEEN! This week's film is the 1953 camp classic ROBOT MONSTER, the cheesiest monster movie ever made (according to Chris and he has seen them all). The movie, about Earth's last six survivors who, with valor, battle against the awesome powers and brute strength of a guy in a gorilla suit with a silver diving helmet on his head, will be played silently – allowing the ImprovAcadia crew to improvise live in the theatre. Who knows what unexpected turns the plot could take?2pm Sunday afternoon
Released in 2008 on the occasion of the Bicentennial of the U.S. Abolition of the Slave Trade (January 1, 1808), this documentary film examines one of the most shameful legacies of America's past. Director Katrina Browne and nine relatives trace their roots as the largest slave trading family in American history, offering powerful new perspectives on the black/white divide. Following the screening, a member of this family, Dain Perry(below), who participated in the film, and his wife Constance Perry, will share the difficult and creative effort that produced this film, consider its impact on their lives and invite all to reflect on our own experience. www.tracesofthetrade.org
This week ROMULUS REX (Welly Bacon, David Palazola, Chris Doyle and Fox Schwach) perform with this most brilliant example of the dark and twisted film movement called German expressionism, the 1919 feature The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. A plunge into the mind of insanity that severs all ties with the rational world, director Robert Wiene has crafted a nightmare realm in which light, shadow and substance are abstracted, a world in which a demented doctor and a carnival sleepwalker perpetrate a series of ghastly murders in a small community.
WILD COMBINATION is director Matt Wolf’s visually absorbing portrait of the seminal avant-garde composer, singer-songwriter, cellist, and disco producer Arthur Russell. Before his untimely death from AIDS in 1992, Arthur prolifically created music that spanned both pop and the transcendent possibilities of abstract art. Now, over fifteen years since his passing, Arthur's work is finally finding its audience. Wolf incorporates rare archival footage and commentary from Arthur's family, friends, and closest collaborators—including Philip Glass and Allen Ginsberg—to tell this poignant and important story. We will have his partner Tom Lee and his sister, local resident Kate Henry, introduce the film and facilitate discussion afterwards.
This week THE SLACKS (Brian Torbeck, Dirk Erlandsen, Pat Watson, and Wayne Simmons) perform with probably Buster Keaton's finest and certainly most brilliantly spectacular comedy, the 1927 feature THE GENERAL. This remarkably authentic historical epic set during the Civil War features one of the greatest chases in movie history including the breathtaking plunge of an actual locomotive from a burning bridge into a river. NEW FRIDAY LATE NIGHT FUN 11pm
It's our open submission night!
Among our offerings will be three short films: NEW PIONEERS OF THE ATLANTIC RAINFOREST, about tree planters in Brazil by Karen Lanier, THUNDER BAY, telling the story of local fisherman Timmy Leveque out in Frenchman's Bay on his boat, made by COA student Margaret Longley (who did second unit camera work on the Academy Award-nominated film IRAG IN FRAGMENTS), and WORKING WITH MONKEYS, a cutout animation which is a parody of television show production, by COA alum David Camlin.
Have you or your friends made a film or video? Maybe you found something online you think everyone should see? Here’s your chance at the spotlight! (No copyrighted material, please, unless it’s yours.) Zany, bizarre, thought-provoking...any style or topic is welcome. Make your submissions now; send a file or link to lisa@reelpizza.net or drop a DVD off at the theatre and then come see the audience's reaction as we show it on the big screen.
Sat 1pm
11:30-1:00 $2 donation per child
The United Church of Christ of Northeast Harbor and Seal Harbor presents this important, exceptional film about telling the truth, forgiveness, and restoring right relationships in a community. Made with integrity by filmmakers Frances Reid and Deborah Hoffman in 2000, this powerful documentary explores some of the work of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission chaired by Archbishop Desmond Tutu. This group was charged with deciding who, among the many who committed politically motivated crimes under the previous regime, would be granted amnesty in exchange for full disclosure. The goal: healing their country through catharsis and justice. The filmmakers tell four of the stories from the over 7000 applicants for clemency. The church will both introduce the film and afterwards lead a discussion.
The 2008 "Green" Olympics in Beijing brought China's environmental challenges center stage. Seizing their chance to be heard, 2,000 college students from across the nation mobilized to plant the seeds for a sustainable future. Told from the student's perspective, THE ROAD AHEAD: THE FIRST GREEN LONG MARCH is the hopeful story of a few small sparks igniting a movement. 
Saturday March 6th 2pm
The movie VICTORY (1981) will be shown as a benefit for the scholarship program of the AcadiaFire Soccer Club of Mount Desert Island. $5 donation for admission. Michael Caine, Max von Sydow, Sylvester Stallone and soccer stars Pele and Bobby Moore star in director John Huston's rousing film about a soccer match between Allied prisoners of war and their German captors. The Germans plan to use the match as a staged propaganda event, while the prisoners hope to escape during half time.
For more information on this organization, please check their website. http://acadiafirefc.com/
For more information on this program, please email acadiafirefc@gmail.com
To Benefit the BAR HARBOR FOOD PANTRY
The Tournées Festival is made possible with the support of the Cultural Services of the French Embassy and the French Ministry of Culture (CNC) through a grant awarded to the College of the Atlantic. Tickets are $6 each or $25 for a pass for all five films. COA students free (*must show ID).
The Allagash Wilderness Waterway has been a highway to the Native Americans, a vital
Please join us for a FREE screening of Stephanie Soechtig’s debut feature, an unflinching examination of the big business of bottled water, followed by an hour-long panel discussion on the topic of bottled water with professors, activists, and attorneys moderated by Ken Cline, Environmental Policy & Law professor at COA.