BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:SoDel X-WR-CALNAME:Rehoboth Beach Film Society presents \"What Makes Us Tick?\" BEGIN:VEVENT UID:41632020-01-19 DTSTART:20200119T180000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20200119T200000Z SUMMARY:Rehoboth Beach Film Society presents \"What Makes Us Tick?\" CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:The Rehoboth Beach Film Society will present its popular What M akes Us\nTick? series during the Martin Luther King\, Jr. holiday weekend\ ,\nJanuary 17-19. This analytical film and discussion series explores\nasp ects of the human condition. This year’s theme is “Love and\nLife.” Love means freedom from the confines of tradition. It means\nbeing loyal t o a family member as they struggle with mental illness.\nIt means finding one’s family\, even as an adult. It can be a\nstruggle\; it is not alway s perfect\; but\, as the viewer will see\, love\nenriches (and complicates ) every life. The three films in this\nyear’s series explore the ways th at love is woven through the fabric\nof the lives of several characters in honest\, uplifting and\nentertaining ways. Over the course of a weekend\, you will find\nyourself moved and challenged in your conceptions of love\ , and\, as\nsoon as the credits roll\, you will want to discuss them with your\nfellow audience members. Moderators for the after-film discussions f or\neach film are Carolyn Walter and Mona Schwartz. Carolyn is a PhD\,\nLC SW\, Professor Emerita\, Center for Social Work Education\, Widener\nUnive rsity and an Adjunct Professor at University of Pennsylvania\,\nSchool of Social Work. After a career as a high school teacher in New\nYork City\, M ona Schwartz spent the next 30 years as a senior business\nexecutive. Mona is a movie buff and participates on two of the\nmini-festivals’ plannin g committees. The series begins Friday\,\nJanuary 17 at 7:00 PM with the h eartwarming feature “Above the\nClouds”. On her 18th birthday\, headst rong and artistic Charlie makes\na startling discovery. The man married to her mother isn't her dad.\nRecruiting Oz\, a rough sleeper whose only pos session is his driving\nlicense\, she embarks on an epic road trip from Ma rgate to the Isle of\nSkye to track down her biological father. On the jou rney they both\nlearn more than they bargained for--about themselves\, eac h other\, the\nimportance of family\, and why (sometimes) there really is no place\nlike home. [2018\, UK\, 87 minutes\, Not Rated]. The series cont inues on\nSaturday\, January 18 at 1:00 PM with “Love Goes Through Your\ nMind”. Contrary to her parents' wishes\, 17-year-old Nina wants to\natt end college on the East coast. But when her gifted older brother is\ndiagn osed with bipolar disorder\, she fights against his and their\nparents’ denial that anything is wrong as he spirals out of control.\nAs his condit ion worsens\, Nina reckons with her future as an artist\nand takes it upon herself to rescue him. [2018\, US/India\, 86 minutes\,\nNot Rated]. The s eries closes on Sunday\, January 19 at 1:00 PM with\n“Kattumaram”. Mid dle-aged fisherman Singaram takes into his home\nhis niece and nephew afte r their parents are killed by the Tsunami.\nSingram sets out to find a hus band for his niece Anandhi\, but she\nrejects all suitors. She wants the f reedom to choose whom she will\nlove for herself and Singaram must come to terms with his niece’s\nbreaking of tradition while dealing with the po ssibly dangerous\nfallout within his close-knit village. “Kattumaram” is a tale of\ntransformation and compassion\, of the restrictions of tradi tion and\nthe beauty of accepting and living with all the different\npossi bilities of the world. [2018\, India\, in Tamil with English\nsubtitles\, 73 minutes\, Not Rated]. What Makes Us Tick? is open to the\ngeneral publi c and RBFS members. Admission prices for each screening\nare $9 for RBFS m embers and $11 for future members. Customers are\nencouraged to purchase t ickets online. If seats are available\, tickets\ncan be purchased at the t heater\, starting 30 minutes prior to each\nscreening.\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The Rehoboth Beach Film Society will presen t its popular What Makes Us Tick? series during the Martin Luther King\, J r. holiday weekend\, January 17-19. This analytical film and discussion se ries explores aspects of the human condition. This year’s theme is “Lo ve and Life.” Love means freedom from the confines of tradition. It mean s being loyal to a family member as they struggle with mental illness. It means finding one’s family\, even as an adult. It can be a struggle\; it is not always perfect\; but\, as the viewer will see\, love enriches (and complicates) every life. The three films in this year’s series explore the ways that love is woven through the fabric of the lives of several cha racters in honest\, uplifting and entertaining ways. Over the course of a weekend\, you will find yourself moved and challenged in your conceptions of love\, and\, as soon as the credits roll\, you will want to discuss the m with your fellow audience members. Moderators for the after-film discuss ions for each film are Carolyn Walter and Mona Schwartz. Carolyn is a PhD\ , LCSW\, Professor Emerita\, Center for Social Work Education\, Widener Un iversity and an Adjunct Professor at University of Pennsylvania\, School o f Social Work. After a career as a high school teacher in New York City\, Mona Schwartz spent the next 30 years as a senior business executive. Mona is a movie buff and participates on two of the mini-festivals’ planning committees. The series begins Friday\, January 17 at 7:00 PM with the hea rtwarming feature “Above the Clouds”. On her 18th birthday\, headstron g and artistic Charlie makes a startling discovery. The man married to her mother isn't her dad. Recruiting Oz\, a rough sleeper whose only possessi on is his driving license\, she embarks on an epic road trip from Margate to the Isle of Skye to track down her biological father. On the journey th ey both learn more than they bargained for--about themselves\, each other\ , the importance of family\, and why (sometimes) there really is no place like home. [2018\, UK\, 87 minutes\, Not Rated]. The series continues on S aturday\, January 18 at 1:00 PM with “Love Goes Through Your Mind”. Co ntrary to her parents' wishes\, 17-year-old Nina wants to attend college o n the East coast. But when her gifted older brother is diagnosed with bipo lar disorder\, she fights against his and their parents’ denial that any thing is wrong as he spirals out of control. As his condition worsens\, Ni na reckons with her future as an artist and takes it upon herself to rescu e him. [2018\, US/India\, 86 minutes\, Not Rated]. The series closes on Su nday\, January 19 at 1:00 PM with “Kattumaram”. Middle-aged fisherman Singaram takes into his home his niece and nephew after their parents are killed by the Tsunami. Singram sets out to find a husband for his niece An andhi\, but she rejects all suitors. She wants the freedom to choose whom she will love for herself and Singaram must come to terms with his niece ’s breaking of tradition while dealing with the possibly dangerous fallo ut within his close-knit village. “Kattumaram” is a tale of transforma tion and compassion\, of the restrictions of tradition and the beauty of a ccepting and living with all the different possibilities of the world. [20 18\, India\, in Tamil with English subtitles\, 73 minutes\, Not Rated]. Wh at Makes Us Tick? is open to the general public and RBFS members. Admissio n prices for each screening are $9 for RBFS members and $11 for future mem bers. Customers are encouraged to purchase tickets online. If seats are av ailable\, tickets can be purchased at the theater\, starting 30 minutes pr ior to each screening.

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