We stand with Ukraine.
FIRE OF LOVE documentary
directed by Sara Dosa,
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Playing Friday, April 7 at 7:30 pm
at The Madison Community Arts Center
10 Kings Road, Madison, NJ
What are the odds of two scientists, obsessed with volcanoes, falling in love and then traveling the world for decades in an attempt to get as close as possible to the most dangerous, active eruptions? The delightfully original new documentary Fire of Love which tells their story, Katia and Maurice Kraftt, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary, and deservedly so.
Maurice and Katia left behind samples, thousands of photographs, words, hundreds of hours of footage, “and a million questions.” The film effectively utilizes their own, and others’ archival footage and photographs.
The story of this couple, so brilliantly matched, who consciously decided against having a family in favor of pursuing their passion, completely aware of the potential danger, is one for the ages.
The Power of Community: How One Town Stood Against Domestic Violence
directed by Markie Hancock
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Playing Monday, April 17 from 2 - 4 pm
at The Madison Community Arts Center
10 Kings Road, Madison, NJ
Panel Discussion to Follow with Kim Clerie, Clinican and Outreach Coordinator for Rachel Coalition and Markie Hancock
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In the mid-1980s, when abuse insidiously took hold in the lives of three women, a small grassroots group of locals worked with the town of East Hampton and the local Rotary Club to establish a shelter called The Retreat, which opened in 1992.
Director Markie Hancock uncovers a narrative of survival and empowerment as she retraces the improbable beginnings of The Retreat and its mission to provide safety, shelter, and support to victims of domestic violence. A story of resilience, hope, and inspiration in the face of fraught times, THE POWER OF COMMUNITY is a moving and empathetic testament to a life-saving local institution.
The Quiet Girl dRAMA
directed by Colm Bairéad
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Sunday April 30 at 4 pm
at The Madison Community Arts Center
10 Kings Road, Madison
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Rural Ireland. 1981. Nine-year-old Cait is sent away from her overcrowded, dysfunctional family to live with foster parents for the summer. Quietly struggling at school and at home, she has learned to hide in plain sight from those around her. She blossoms in their care, but in this house where there are meant to be no secrets, she discovers one painful truth. In Irish Gaelic, with subtitles.
Best International Feature Academy Award nominee.
WOMEN TALKING dRAMA
directed by SARAH POLLEY
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Playing Saturday, April 15 at 7:30 pm
at The Madison Community Arts Center
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Nominated for best picture and best adapted screenplay at the 2023 Academy Awards. Do nothing. Stay and fight. Or leave. In 2010, the women of an isolated religious community grapple with reconciling a brutal reality with their faith. Starring Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, Judith Ivey, Ben Whishaw, and Frances McDormand.
