Science on Screen® UN-BEE-LEIVEABLE Secrets of Bees
2026-04-26 12:00, 2026-04-26 14:00 - 15:30 (America/Denver) | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Sunday, April 26, 12 PM & 2 PM
FREE event; tickets required
Join Boulder’s own “Friendly Neighborhood Entomologist,” Dr. Samuel Ramsey, subject of Secrets of the Bees and Endowed Professor of Entomology at CU Boulder’s BioFrontiers Institute and the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department, for a screening of the second episode in the newest installment of the Emmy ® -winning franchise from National Geographic and Academy Award ® -Winner James Cameron.
Uncover the fascinating hidden world of some of our most important tiny creatures – highlighting the Ramsey Research Foundation and Boulder Bee Lab.

About the Speaker
Dr. Ramsey received his B.S. in entomology from Cornell University and his Ph.D. in
entomology from the University of Maryland College Park. He completed his post-
doctoral training with Dr. Jay Evans, Steve Cook, and Daniel Sonenshine at USDA-ARS
Bee Research Laboratory and now serves as Endowed Professor of Entomology at CU
Boulder’s BioFrontiers Institute and the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department.
He has been featured on Hulu’s Docuseries–as well as in the Washington Post, New
York Times, on NPR, CNN, Wired, CBS’s This Morning, Khan Academy, Seeker, The
Today Show, and several local news segments, Dr. Sammy is celebrated as an
engaging science communicator, and he uses this talent to make science more
accessible to a broad audience. His nonprofit, The Ramsey Research Foundation,
works to develop novel pathways for scientific funding by removing paywalls that keep
the public from engaging with published scientific work.

About Secrets of the Bees
Hosted and narrated by BAFTA and Emmy-winning National Geographic Explorer Bertie
Gregory, SECRETS OF THE BEES uses groundbreaking filming technology to reveal
the extraordinary world of bees. With the expertise of entomologist and fellow National
Geographic Explorer Dr. Samuel Ramsey, the series uncovers their astonishing
architecture and intelligence, unlocking their secrets and featuring never-before-filmed
moments. National Geographic’s SECRETS OF THE BEES will kick off their Earth
Month initiative in April 2026 as part of a global storytelling moment, inviting audiences
everywhere to discover, experience and celebrate the wonder of our natural world —
sparking a deeper commitment to protect it. SECRETS OF THE BEES is produced by
Silverback Films for National Geographic. Emmy Award-winners James Cameron and
Maria Wilhelm for Lightstorm Earth are executive producers.
(James Cameron, 2026, United States)

La Scala: The Force of Destiny | Apr 24-26
2026-04-26 16:30 - 18:00 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Apr 24-26
The film documents the preparation of La Forza del Destino, Verdi’s masterpiece, which opened La Scala’s 2024 season. From the initial rehearsals to the premier, award-winning director Anissa Bonnefont chronicles the world class cast of singers (Soprano Anna Netrebko, Barytone Ludovic Tézier, Tenor Brian Jagde), the Maestro, Riccardo Chailly and the stage director, Leo Muscato, along with the nine hundred artisans, dancers, musicians and technicians who ceaselessly toil until the world’s most iconic season opening. (Anissa Bonnefont, 2025, France/Italy, 1:32, NR)

The Love That Remains | Apr 24-26
2026-04-26 19:00 - 21:00 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Apr 24-26
Anna, an artist, and Magnús, a fisherman, live with their three children and charismatic sheepdog in the quiet grandeur of the Icelandic countryside. As the fractures in their marriage come to the surface, the couple try to hold onto the afterimages of a life together and make sense of a deep and lingering devotion. Filmmaker Hlynur Pálmason (Godland) brings surprising humor and emotional weight to this gorgeous, intimate, and brilliantly expansive scenes from a marriage, amidst the majestic backdrop of the changing seasons. (Hlynur Pálmason, 2025, Iceland, 1:49, NR)

Best Of The Fests | April 27 - 28, 2026
2026-04-27 16:30 - 18:00, 2026-04-28 19:00 - 20:30 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Michael Brody (formerly Crested Butte Film Festival) and the newly minted Roadshow Pictures present an enticing program of short films curated from recent major festivals. You’ll see five short films in the documentary and narrative categories that had their world premieres at the Sundance and Big Sky Documentary film festivals. The program includes: Luigi, La Tierra Del Valor (filmmaker, Cristina Costantini, Sally) Faux Bijoux, Marga En El DF, and Crisis Actor. It’s a poignant, fascinating blend of modern cinema depicting the beauty and complexities of the world today. We’ll have a talkback afterward to elaborate on what we’ve seen, and we’ll launch Roadshow Pictures into the movie-showing landscape.
Total running time is 87 minutes. Films in English, Spanish, and Arabic.

Horseshoe | Apr 29-May 2
2026-04-29 16:30 - 18:00, 2026-04-30 19:00 - 20:30, 2026-05-01 18:30 - 20:00, 2026-05-02 15:00 - 16:30 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Apr 29-May 3
All Families Are Mad… not least the Canavans. A drama comedy with a twist set in the wild West of Ireland. When Colm, the head of the family, dies, there are few who mourn his passing, not even his four estranged adult children. But the legalities of his will must be observed and more than one Canavan sibling is harbouring secrets. As the Canavans return to the family home, the fate of the family unit, their sanity and the Canavan estate all hang in the balance. (Edwin Mullane & Adam O’Keeffe, 2025, Ireland, 1:28, NR)

PEOPLE of the SACRED LAND Film Premiere & Discussion
2026-04-29 17:30 - 19:00 | Gordon Gamm Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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What’s often missing from the conversations about colonization in the U.S. are rigorous, comprehensive, academically supported Native-led studies proving that— even through the lens of modern law— large areas of what we call the United States were truly stolen and remain illegally occupied. And nowhere in our country is the evidence and culpability more dramatic than in the state of Colorado.
PEOPLE of the SACRED LAND follows Richard Williams (Oglala Lakota, Northern Cheyenne) as he recounts the widely untold history of Colorado through the findings of the Truth, Restoration, and Education Commission (TREC) reports.

Spacewoman | Apr 29-May 2
2026-04-29 19:00 - 21:00, 2026-04-30 16:30 - 18:30, 2026-05-01 16:00 - 18:00, 2026-05-02 17:00 - 19:00 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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Apr 29-May 2
Astronaut Eileen Collins was the first woman to pilot and command an American spacecraft. Born on the other side of the tracks in upstate New York, she smashed many glass ceilings in the US Air Force and at NASA in her career, culminating in four increasingly dramatic and dangerous space shuttle missions. With an incredible set of archival materials, intimate interviews, and a moving score by Marcelo Zarvos, Hannah Berryman’s nail-biting film shares the emotional journey experienced by Eileen’s family, and explores what level of risk is acceptable in human endeavour. (Hannah Berryman, 2024, USA, 1:35, NR)
TALKBACK: **Eileen Collins will join us on Wednesday, April 29 for a special post-film Q&A**

Friday Night Weird: Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie
2026-05-01 20:30 - 22:15 | Boedecker Theater, Walnut Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
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When their plan to book a show at the Rivoli goes horribly wrong, Matt and Jay accidentally travel back to the year 2008. Blah blah blah blah blah. (Matt Johnson, 2025, Canada, 1:40, R)
