About the film Intent on seeing the Cahulawassee River before it’s dammed and turned into a lake, outdoor fanatic Lewis Medlock takes his friends on a canoeing trip they’ll never forget into the dangerous American back-country.   About the series Following the success of the full capacity screening of our 50th anniversary of Appalshop’s STRANGER... Read More

About the film Filmed over four years of hope and crisis, TO THE END captures the emergence of a new generation of leaders and the movement behind the most sweeping climate change legislation in U.S. history. The award-winning team behind Knock Down the House follows four exceptional young women— Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, activist Varshini Prakash,... Read More

Here’s Johnny! Kicking off our Classics and Cocktails Series, join us on Friday, February 3rd at 7pm for a screening of THE SHINING (1980). Paired with the film, we will feature a classic Overlook Old Fashioned.  In hopes to clear his writer’s block, Jack Torrance moves his family to a secluded Overlook Hotel in Colorado. Jack’s wife,... Read More

About the film GASLAND is a 2010 American documentary film written and directed by Josh Fox. It focuses on communities in the United States where natural gas drilling activity was a concern and, specifically, on hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”), The film was a key mobilizer for the anti-fracking movementn and “brought the term “fracking” into the... Read More

Athens, OH – With funds received from The I. Hollis Parry/Ann Parry Billman 2022-23 Fine Arts Award and Project Development Award, the concert recording of Methtacular!, written and performed by recent grad of the MFA playwriting program and current instructor at Ohio University’s School of Theatre, Steven Strafford and directed by Adam Fitzgerald, will be... Read More

About the film In a forgotten pocket of Southern Ohio where American manufacturing and opportunity are dying up, a determined young woman finds a ticket out when she is accepted to college. Alongside her older brother, Ruth Avery joins a dangerous scrap metal crew in order to pay her way. Together, they spend one brutal... Read More