All films are screened at StageNorth in Washburn, Wisconsin and are $7 per person for the general public, $6 for Society Members and students, and Free to Northland College students unless otherwise indicated.

Project Nim
Wednesday, February 22, 2012 at 7:30 p.m.
(2011, PG-13, Documentary, Director James Marsh, 93 minutes)
The story of a chimpanzee taken from its mother at birth and raised like a human child by a family in a brownstone on the upper West Side in the 1970s.

Practice of the Wild
Thursday, March 1, 2012 at 7:30 p.m.
(2010, Documentary, Director John J Healey, 53 minutes)
The Practice of the Wild is a film profile of the poet and Pulitzer Prize winner Gary Snyder. Snyder has been a creative force in all the major cultural changes that have created the modern world. Along with Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg, he was a central figure of the Beat generation. He helped bring Zen Buddhism into the American scene, was an active participant in the anti-war movement and an inspiration for the quest for human potential. All along he was a founding intellect, essayist and leader of the new environmental awareness that supports legislation and preservation without losing sight of direct wild experience — local people, animals, plants, watersheds and food sources.

This film, borrowing its name from one of Snyder’s most eloquent non-fiction books, revolves around a life-long conversation between Snyder and his fellow poet and novelist Jim Harrison. These two old friends and venerated men of American letters converse while taking a wilderness trek along the central California coast in an area that has been untouched for centuries. They debate the pros and cons of everything from Google to Zen koans. The discussions are punctuated by archival materials and commentaries from Snyder friends, observers, and intimates who take us through the ‘Beat’ years, the years of Zen study in Japan up to the present — where Snyder continues to be a powerful spokesperson for ecological sanity and bio-regionalism. Watch the official film trailer here.

The Big Night
Saturday, March 10. Appetizers at 5:00 p.m., Screening at 5:30 p.m., & Dinner at the Good Thyme after the Film. (1996, Rated R, Directed by Campbell Scott and Stanley Tucci, 107 minutes)
Watch this comedy classic starring Tony Shaloub, Stanley Tucci, and Marc Anthony about a failing Italian restaurant run by two brothers that gambles on one special night to try to save the business. Then join us for a private dinner at the Good Thyme Restaurant in Washburn. Seat are limited. Tickets available in advance by calling (715) 373-5565 or e-mail bafilmsociety@gmail.com.

Film for a Short Attention Span
Saturday, April 14, 2012 at 7:30 p.m.
Don’t want to commit to 122 minutes in a dark theatre, but still want to be moved? Entertained? Inspired? This event is for you. Even better it’s also FREE. The average adult attention span is…ummm…sorry, I got distracted and never finished reading about, but suffice it to say, it’s short. Really short. And so are all the films in our special evening of Film for a Short Attention Span. We’ll be showing one short film after another all evening. Some will be funny, some informative, some serious, some dark and brooding, some even a little sappy. But all short. If you don’t like what you’re seeing, wait 2 minutes and see what comes up next. They’ll be all over the map. So come on down, grab a drink at the bar, and wander in and out of the theatre like a kid that forget to take his ritalin. Foot-tapping scatter-brained tweekers, this is your time to shine. Or if you are one of those rare few blessed with focus, grab a seat and catch them all. It’s going to be interesting.

Okay. There’s lots more of ‘em. I swear. We just haven’t had time to post them all. Check back soon and we’ll have more. I swear.