Dana Auditorium (Sunderland Language Center)

Chris and his girlfriend Rose go upstate to visit her parent’s for the weekend. At first, Chris reads the family’s overly accommodating behavior as nervous attempts to deal with their daughter’s interracial relationship, but as the weekend progresses, a series of increasingly disturbing discoveries lead him to a truth that he never could have imagined.

Chris and his girlfriend Rose go upstate to visit her parent’s for the weekend. At first, Chris reads the family’s overly accommodating behavior as nervous attempts to deal with their daughter’s interracial relationship, but as the weekend progresses, a series of increasingly disturbing discoveries lead him to a truth that he never could have imagined.

Perry Cohen is the founder of The Venture Out Project, an organization that both brings queer and trans people into the outdoors, and educates wilderness programs and professionals on the challenges of gender and sexuality in the outdoors. Join Brooker Haus and the Queer Studies House in learning about, building consciousness, and discussing how our personal experiences and identities influence the way we interact with the wilderness and outdoor industry.

Join us for Buddhist Dharma teacher Lama Rod Owens’ public lecture. So many of us are grieving and in deep mourning for the suffering that we perceive in the world as well in our own situations. We do not live in a society that is comfortable with our open grieving. Community based grieving is healing and transformative. When we combine community grieving with our deep aspirations to love, then we are able to better transform our grief into wisdom and joy. This is a radical vision of bringing our full selves into the complexity of living.

“Akanezora” (Beyond the Crimson Sky) is based on Yamamoto Ichikiri’s award-winning novel. Set in Edo (present-day Tokyo) in the mid-18th century, the film tells the story of a couple whose successful tofu shop is threatened by family problems . Sponsored by the 13th Japan Foundation Film Series and the Japanese Studies Department Free and open to the public.

“Silver Spoon” portrays the struggles of an urban Japanese high school student who enrolls in an agricultural high school in Hokkaido. The film won the 2015 Yokohama Film Festival award for best screen play. Sponsored by the 13th Japan Foundation Film Series and the Japanese Studies Department Free and open to the public.

Young workaholic Inès confronts a work-family conflict as her jokester father, Winfried, poses as her CEO’s life coach. “It’s blessed with two excellent lead performances from the actors playing father and daughter…Just brilliant.” –– Dave Calhoun, TimeOut. (162 minutes) Admission: Free

Philosophy professor Nathalie Chazeaux (Isabelle Huppert) faces a midlife crisis after learning that her husband wants a divorce and that her mother’s health is declining. “Huppert delivers a performance for the ages in this profoundly insightful story about a woman coming of age in her 60s.” –– David Ehrlich, Indiewire. (102 minutes) Free Admission: Free

Christian (Bang) is a divorced but devoted father of two, and the respected curator of a contemporary art museum in Stockholm. He’s gearing up to launch their next show, ‘The Square’, a daring installation examining altruism and our duty to help others. However, Christian’s own views on social responsibility are put to the test when he becomes the victim of a scam, forcing him to question the world around him and his place in it.

In medieval Japan, two Catholic priests (Andrew Garfield and Adam Driver), journey to find their mentor, who is rumored to have renounced his religion. Silence is “a sophisticated film that dares to expose the breadth of cultural division.” –– Joshua Rothkopf, TimeOut. (161 minutes) Admission: Free