Not only are we excited to hear about Jessica?s space adventures, we are also looking forward to her telling us more about her Ph.D. and post-doctoral research. She studied the diving physiology of marine mammals and birds, focusing on the oxygen depletion in diving emperor penguins and elephant seals. She also investigated the high-flying bar-headed goose that migrates over Mt. Everest at very low oxygen levels. Jessica trained geese to fly in a wind tunnel so that she could obtain various physiological measurements on them in reduced oxygen conditions. Her work with geese will be the perfect lead-in to our film for the evening, ?Fly Away Home?!
6:45-8:30: Fly Away Home? (Rated PG) After Amy (Anna Paquin) loses her mother in a car accident, she must uproot her life and move to Canada to live with her father, Thomas, (Jeff Daniels), an oddball inventor with whom she has no relationship. She initially struggles to find her her place in her new home, but things change when she stumbles upon a collection of abandoned goose eggs. When the eggs hatch, Amy and her dad work together teaching the motherless birds to fly south for the winter, and their relationship blooms.
Please reserve your seats today at www.thegemtheater.com. Seating is limited to 50 people. Two theaters will be used to ensure social distancing. If there is enough interest we will open up the third theater, as well, and make the limit 70 people.
A huge thank you to:
An initiative of the COOLIDGE CORNER THEATRE, with major support from the ALFRED P. SLOAN FOUNDATION.
Friday May 7, 2021
5:30 PM - 8:00 PM EDT
Friday, May 7th,
5:30pm
The Gem
48 Cross St.
Bethel, ME 04217
Free, but seating is limited. Reserve your spot today!
Sarah Southam
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