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What: RIIFF Encore Screening: Animated Shorts

 

 

 

When: Thursday, May 18, 7pm

 

 

 

Where: The Museum of Work & Culture (42 S. Main St., Woonsocket)

 

 

 

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MoWC Screens Animated Short Films for RIIFF Encore Series

 

 

 

(WOONSOCKET, R.I.) – The Museum of Work & Culture will host a Rhode Island International Film Festival Encore Screening on Thursday, May 18, 7pm. The MoWC will screen a collection of short animated films, including:

 

 

 

  • Ma'agalim | Uri Lotan, Director | 4 min. | Israel, 2016

  • LOVE | Réka Bucsi, Director | 15 min. | Hungary, 2016

  • Toilets | Laura Luchetti, Director | 8 min. | Italy, 2016

  • Arrival | Alex Myung, Director | 23 min. | USA, 2016

  • Drifting Away | Cyprien Clément-Delmas, Director | 14 min. | Spain, 2016

  • Mr. Gaspacho | Guillaume Todjman, Director | 15 min. | France, 2016

  • Panic Attack | Eileen O'Meara, Director | 3 min. | USA, 2016

  • Wrong End of the Stick | Terri Matthews, Director | 10 min. | United Kingdom, 2016

 

 

 

General admission is $10. Tickets are available at shopmowc.com or on site before the screenings.

 

 

 

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About the Museum of Work & Culture

 

The interactive and educational Museum of Work & Culture shares the stories of the men, women, and children who came to find a better life in Rhode Island’s mill towns in the late 19th- and 20th centuries. It recently received a Rhode Island Monthly Best of Rhode Island Award for its SensAbilities Saturdays all-ability program.

 

 

 

About the Rhode Island Historical Society

 

Founded in 1822, the RIHS is the fourth-oldest historical society in the United States and is Rhode Island’s largest and oldest historical organization, as well as its only Smithsonian Affiliate. In Providence, the RIHS owns and operates the John Brown House Museum, a designated National Historic Landmark, built in 1788; the Aldrich House, built in 1822 and used for administration and public programs; and the Mary Elizabeth Robinson Research Center, where archival, book and image collections are housed. In Woonsocket, the RIHS manages the Museum of Work and Culture, a community museum examining the industrial history of northern Rhode Island and of the workers and settlers, especially French-Canadians, who made it one of the state’s most distinctive areas.

 

 

 

 

 

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