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Beans
The 11th annual edition of the female-focused event, taking place from March 1-31, has revealed its opening night film and programming lineup.
The 11th annual Athena Film Festival has unveiled its opening night film and lineup of programming for its month long March 2021 virtual edition.
The female-focused festival, which highlights women s leadership onscreen and in real life, will open with the U.S. premiere of Tracey Deer s
Beans, about a 12-year-old Mohawk girl torn between childhood and adolescence as she deals with community, activism and racism during the 1990 Indigenous uprising known as The Oka Crisis.
The Barnard College-based event this year will also feature curated selections of films centered around key issues, such as dismantling white supremacy, women s health, women working in STEM fields, resilience during uncertainty, imagining a new future and representation and visibility in film.
Friday, Jan. 15
Online Yoga for Wise Warriors! With Lees Yunits: 8:30-9:30 a.m. Jan. 15, presented online via Zoom by the Cultural Center of Cape Cod. $15-$75. 508-394-7100, aneill@cultural-center.org, cultural-center.org.
New exhibit on “Robert H. Goddard: Father of Modern Rocketry”: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Jan. 15-16 and 21, Massachusetts Air & Space Museum, 790 Iyannough Road, K-Mart Plaza, Hyannis. Free-$8. 508-827-6300, massairspace.org. How Goddard from Clark University in Worcester and earliest days of rockets laid the groundwork for the eventual landing of men on the moon and building the International Space Station.
Gourmet Take-Out, with Chef Joseph Cizynski: 4:30-5:30 p.m. Jan.15, The Cultural Center of Cape Cod, 307 Old Main St., South Yarmouth. $35-$40. 508-394-7100, cultural-center.org. Ordering closes at noon Jan. 15. Menu includes Duck rillettes and endive salad, rabbit “Coq” au Vin, and finish with a goat cheese sampling.
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The Film Festival Alliance and Theatrical-At-Home presents its first Film Festival Day virtual screening event of 2021 following the culmination of the hugely successful FilmEx gathering event including 850 participating film festivals and film organizations with Ashley OâShayâs inspiring documentary UNAPOLOGETIC with a special Filmmaker Q&A on Saturday, January 16. FFAâs Film Festival Day screenings, which were launched last year to great effect, benefit both the filmmakers and each of the participating film festivals across the country with a share of the eveningâs proceeds. Support for the event also comes from Firelight Films and Kartemquin Films.