Friday/Saturday: 7 pm; 8:50 pm
Sunday matinee: 5 pm

A documentary film about one of the most influential and groundbreaking musical groups in hip-hop history. Having released five gold and platinum selling albums within eight years, A Tribe Called Quest has been one of the most commercially successful and artistically significant musical groups in recent history, and regarded as iconic pioneers of hip hop. The band’s sudden break-up in 1998 shocked the industry and saddened the scores of fans, whose appetite for the group’s innovative musical stylings never seems to diminish. The film sets out on tour with A Tribe Called Quest in 2008, when they reunited to perform sold-out concerts across the country, almost ten years after the release of their last album.

Rated R; 1 hr 38 mins

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7 pm & 8:45 pm

In her follow-up to Me and You and Everyone We Know, internationally acclaimed artist, author and filmmaker Miranda July returns with her moving and fearless drama The Future. When thirty-something couple Sophie (writer/director July) and Jason (Hamish Linklater) decide to adopt a stray cat, their perspective on life changes radically, literally altering the course of time and space and testing their faith in each other and themselves.

English, 1 hr 31 mins, rated R

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7pm – 9:40 pm

This horror/thriller is set in Middle America, where a group of teens receive an online invitation for sex, though they soon encounter fundamentalists with a much more sinister agenda.

Rated R (for strong violence/disturbing content, some sexual content including brief nudity, and language). 1 hr. 28 min.

Screening will include a Q&A with Kevin Smith via live webcast taking questions from the audience via Twitter. Bring your Smart/iPhone if you have a Twitter account, so you can ask Smith questions. We will also have a laptop you can use, if you don’t have a phone and/or Twitter account.

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Friday: 7 pm & 8:55 pm
Saturday: 10 pm
Sunday matinee: 5 pm

THE NAMES OF LOVE is a funny, lascivious and smart comedy from French filmmaker, Michel Leclerc. Baya Benmahmoud, a young, extroverted liberal, lives by the old hippie slogan: “Make love, not war” to convert right-wing men to her left-wing political causes by sleeping with them. She seduces many and so far has received exceptional results – until she meets Arthur Martin, a Jewish middle aged, middle-of-the road scientist.

French w/ English subtitles, 1 hr 42 mins, rated R

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7 pm-8:55 pm Film
8:55-9:55 Discussion

* Companion Reading Group:
Saturday, October 22, 7pm

FREE / Suggested $5 donation at door.
Registration Required.

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Presented in partnership with:

Hunterdon Land Trust Alliance

CRUDE provides an inside look at the infamous $27 billion “Amazon Chernobyl” case. The plaintiffs claim that Texaco – which merged with Chevron in 2001 – spent three decades systematically contaminating one of the most bio-diverse regions on earth, poisoning the water, air and land. The plaintiffs allege that the pollution has created a “death zone” in an area the size of Rhode Island, resulting in increased rates of cancer, leukemia, birth defects, and a multiplicity of other health problems.

104 minutes, 2009, not rated

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Scholar-led Discussion with Chris Rasmussen, Associate Professor of History & Political Science at Fairleigh Dickinson University.

Vince Uhl, Uhl & Associates, Inc. Groundwater Hydrologists & Environmental Specialists, is a Lambertville resident who was involved with the legal case in the film and was recently subpoenaed by Chevron, as they are now counter-suing the plaintiffs in the original case. Mr. Uhl has over 40 years experience in the exploration, development, management, protection and remediation of groundwater and surface water for public, industrial and agricultural uses. He consults to industry, municipalities, local governments, international governments, NGOs, USAID contractors, consulting firms and legal clients on projects with water resource components. He has worked extensively in the United States, southern and eastern Africa, Afghanistan, the Philippines, and India, and in 15 other countries on short-term assignments.

* Companion Reading Group: Registered participants can pick up a free copy of the readings for 10/22 (see titles on schedule for that date) at ACME on Oct 1, 2011, after 7 pm and each Friday/Saturday night through Oct 22, 2011, during business hours (7 pm – 10 pm).

 

Face to Face: Community Conversations on Environmental Justice, is a program made possible by the New Jersey Council for the Humanities, a state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities

FREE / Suggested $5 donation at door.
Registration Required.

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