“To The End,” Rachel Lears’ follow-up to “Knock Down the House,” charts the efforts of prominent young U.S. climate policy activists over the past three years. It opens at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center Dec. 9.
Continuing is “Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams.”
“To The End” captures the emergence of a new generation of leaders and the movement behind the most sweeping climate change legislation in U.S. history. Award-winning director Lears follows four exceptional young women — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, activist Varshini Prakash, climate policy writer Rhiana Gunn-Wright and political strategist Alexandra Rojas — as they grapple with new challenges of leadership and power and work together to defend their generation’s right to a future.
From street protests to the halls of Congress, these bold leaders fight to shift the narrative around climate, revealing the crisis as an opportunity to build a better society. Including up-to-the-minute footage that culminates in 2022’s landmark climate bill, “To The End” lifts the veil on the battle for the future of our world, and gives audiences a front seat view of history in the making.
“To The End” is showing through Dec. 15.
“Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams” tells the story of Salvatore Ferragamo, who grew up poor in Bonito, Italy, and began his career as a shoemaker when he was barely a teenager. Immigrating to America in 1915 at age 16, his work would soon help invent the glamour of Hollywood’s silent era as he created shoes for iconic films including “The Thief of Bagdad” and “The Ten Commandments,” and for stars including Gloria Swanson, Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks, many of whom became his friends.
Overcoming a Depression-era setback, Ferragamo rebounded and would define mid-century elegance for performers including Audrey Hepburn, Marilyn Monroe, Bette Davis, Rita Hayworth and Ingrid Bergman — all while embarking on a love story and warm family life with his wife, Wanda, and their six children. In “Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams,” Academy Award-and BAFTA-nominated filmmaker Luca Guadagnino (“Call Me by Your Name,” “A Bigger Splash,” “Bertolucci on Bertolucci”) tracks Ferragamo’s life from humble beginnings to California and to a storied studio in Florence, Italy. With Emmy-nominated actor Michael Stuhlbarg (“Call Me by Your Name,” “The Shape of Water”) narrating Ferragamo’s 1955 memoir; a trove of 100-year-old archival footage; an extraordinary “shoe ballet” created by stop-motion artist PES; and incisive commentary by Martin Scorsese, Manolo Blahnik, Christian Louboutin, Grace Coddington, Vogue creative director Todd McCarthy, Variety film critic Wanda Ferragamo and Wanda and Salvatore’s children and grandchildren, “Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams” is a portrait of a man whose vision, passion and craftsmanship made him “shoemaker to the stars,” an architect of Hollywood magic and an enduring cultural, fashion and artistic influence.
“Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams” is rated PG and is showing through Dec. 15.
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