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Registration for this activity is either not needed or not allowed online. Please see text below for additional information or call the Senior Center at 319-356-5220.

Join us each week to watch a different movie on the big screen! Snacks are provided, and it's always a good idea to dress in layers, just in case the room is too warm or cold.
Nov 7 – All is Lost (2014) – During a solo voyage in the Indian Ocean, a veteran mariner (Robert Redford) awakes to find his vessel taking on water after a collision with a stray shipping container. With his radio and navigation equipment disabled, he sails unknowingly into a violent storm and barely escapes with his life. The sailor is forced to face his own mortality. 1h:46m (https://youtu.be/no1rl9Gvx-s) Nov 14 – Downwind (2023) – Hiroshima. Nagasaki. Mercury, Nevada? The latter was the site for the testing of 928 large-scale nuclear weapons from 1951 to 1992. Martin Sheen narrates this harrowing exposé of the United States' disregard for everyone living downwind. 1h:34m (https://youtu.be/d-KWaE2La5g) Nov 21 – The Golden Voice (2025) – After losing his father to cancer and feeling the weight of his uncertainty, KJ (Dharon Jones) runs away from home with only the clothes on his back and a guitar. A homeless man, Barry (Nick Nolte), stumbles upon KJ in the park and noticing the guitar, asks KJ to perform a song. To his disbelief, he realizes how talented KJ is. 1h:26m (https://youtu.be/7i6E7zvvApY) Nov 28 – NO FILM (Thanksgiving) Dec 5 – Buried (2022) – In 1982, a massive avalanche descended on Alpine Meadows Ski Resort in Lake Tahoe, California that triggered a desperate five-day search for eight missing people. Buried chronicles the third deadliest avalanche in US history, the miraculous rescue efforts and the traumas that still haunt the survivors today. 1h:34m (https://youtu.be/QRWOL2M9dqQ) Dec 12 – The Taste of Things (2023) – Cook Eugenie and her boss Dodin have grown fond of one another for over 20 years, and their romance gives rise to dishes that impress even the world's most illustrious chefs. When Dodin is faced with Eugenie's reluctance to commit, he begins to cook for her. 2h: (https://youtu.be/z2QdwdBfZaY) Dec 19 – A Photographic Memory (2024) – A daughter attempts to piece together a portrait of her mother, an avant-garde journalist and a woman she never knew. Uncovering the vast archive Sheila Turner-Seed produced, including lost interviews with iconic photographers, the film explores memory, legacy and stories left untold. 1h:27m (https://youtu.be/wtcZiEvyG1A) Dec 26 – NO FILM

Activity Secondary Category

Membership Not Required

Location

AR at Iowa City/Johnson County Senior Center
meets at 302 on Nov 14, 2025