Film
Each week the folks at Cinema Circus show a series of short films on Wednesday evenings at the Chilmark Community Center. The films begin at 6 p.m., but at 5 p.m. the circus — complete with jugglers, face painters, stilt walkers, food and music — gets under way.
An advanced screening of the films was arranged. In a world with few certainties, the kid critic is the critic to trust. This week’s reviewer is Tobias Henry Lash Roberts aka Tobey (age 7).
Fish Wish (Dir. Josephine Gutianjo / Canada / 2007 / 2 min.)
We ordinarily associate fire with devastation, a barely controllable force that overtakes everything in its path. The metaphor is used throughout Matthew Heineman and Susan Froemke’s Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare, which screened before a sold-out crowd of over 300 people Wednesday night at the Chilmark Community Center. The showing was followed by two lengthy discussion sessions nearly the duration of the film itself (the documentary is 95 minutes long).
You won’t have to fight for your life with a bow and arrow, but you can still participate in the Hunger Games. The West Tisbury Library hosts a DVD Release Party and Hunger Game-athon on Monday, August 20, beginning at 6 p.m. There will be games, treats, prizes and free popcorn.
For more information, call 508-693-3366.
May the odds be ever in your favor.
Each week the folks at Cinema Circus show a series of short films on Wednesday evenings at the Chilmark Community Center. The films begin at 6 p.m. but at 5 p.m. the circus — complete with jugglers, face painters, stilt walkers, food and music — gets under way.
An advanced screening of the films was arranged. In a world with few certainties, the kid critic is the critic to trust. This week’s reviewers are Henry (age 6) and Gus (age 3) Coogan.
Mechanical Musical Marvel (Dir. Chris Randall / U.K. / 2011 / 7 min.)
Names: Henry Finn and Angus (Gus) James Coogan.
Ages: Henry: 6 (as of Monday!). Gus; 3.
Schools: Henry: I was in kindergarten and now I am going into first grade (Oak Bluffs School); Gus: The big room at Garden Gate preschool.
Pets: Carl (dog) and Iron Man the fish.
Something new you are learning: Henry: I learned that starfish have eyes on the bottoms of their arms. Gus: one hundred stuff.
New place you would like to explore: Henry: Atlantis. Gus: Garden Gate.
Director Matthew Heineman and co-director and producer Susan Froemke spent eight months researching the topic of health care before turning on the camera. As filmmakers, their major obstacle was clear — how to distill such a complex topic into something relatable.