The story of Martin McNally, who decided to follow in the footsteps of DB Cooper in 1972, and hijack an American Airlines jetliner and demand $500,000 in ransom. This is just the beginning of perhaps the most epic true crime tale in modern American history. Told by McNally himself and based off the hit, eponymous podcast. Learn more at www.americanskyjacker.com

Bring Them Home/Aiskótáhkapiyaaya chronicles a decades-long initiative by members of the Blackfoot Confederacy to bring wild buffalo (Blackfeet: iinnii) back to the Blackfeet Reservation. A thriving wild buffalo population would not only reconnect Blackfeet with a central part of their heritage, spirituality, and identity but would also provide economic opportunities and healing for the community. Along the way, however, the initiative faces obstacles from ranchers who see the buffalo as a threat to the cattle ranches that dominate the land and are a legacy of colonization. Bring Them Home examines the deeply meaningful role that buffalo played in Blackfeet life before the arrival of settlers who eradicated wild buffalo to eradicate the Blackfeet people. For Blackfeet, the buffalo are not only as fundamental to a healthy ecosystem but as spiritual relatives. Their removal from the land meant the loss of the Blackfeet way of life, the trauma of which still reverberates today.

Since the 1970s, the name James L. Brooks has been synonymous with intelligent television comedy—his shows are insightful about work and love and always plugged in to the zeitgeist. He is also a master storyteller of the big screen, and none of his films was more quintessentially Brooks than Broadcast News. This caustic look inside the Washington news media stars Holly Hunter, in her breakout role, as a feisty television producer torn between an ambitious yet dim anchorman (William Hurt) and her closest confidant, a cynical veteran reporter (Albert Brooks). Brooks’s witty, gently prophetic film is a captivating transmission from an era in which ideas on relationships and the media were rapidly changing.

Unfolding in a series of eight mythic vignettes, this late work by Akira Kurosawa was inspired by the beloved director’s own nighttime visions, along with stories from Japanese folklore. In a visually sumptuous journey through the master’s imagination, tales of childlike wonder give way to apocalyptic apparitions: a young boy stumbles on a fox wedding in a forest; a soldier confronts the ghosts of the war dead; a power-plant meltdown smothers a seaside landscape in radioactive fumes. Interspersed with reflections on the redemptive power of creation, including a richly textured tribute to Vincent van Gogh (who is played by Martin Scorsese), Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams is both a showcase for its maker’s artistry at its most unbridled and a deeply personal lament for a world at the mercy of human ignorance.

In this powerful early noir from the great Akira Kurosawa, Toshiro Mifune bursts onto the screen as a volatile, tubercular criminal who strikes up an unlikely relationship with Takashi Shimura's jaded physician. Set in and around the muddy swamps and back alleys of postwar Tokyo, Drunken Angel is an evocative, moody snapshot of a treacherous time and place, featuring one of the director's most memorably violent climaxes.

Produced by Oscar® winner Sofia Coppola (Writing, Original Screenplay, Lost in Translation, 2003) and based on the acclaimed memoir of the same name by Alysia Abbott, Fairyland is a coming-of-age story set against the backdrop of San Francisco’s vibrant cultural scene in the 1970s and ’80s. This captivating film chronicles a father and daughter relationship as it evolves through an era of bohemian decadence to the sober and heartbreaking era of the AIDS crisis. Starring Emilia Jones (CODA), Scoot McNairy (A Complete Unknown), Cody Fern (“American Horror Story”), Maria Bakalova (The Apprentice), Bella Murphy (Coming 2 America), with Adam Lambert (“Glee”), and Geena Davis (Thelma & Louise) and introducing Nessa Dougherty. The film is written, produced, and directed by Andrew Durham.

When a boy's beloved dog passes away suddenly, he attempts to bring the animal back to life through a powerful science experiment.

With her life crashing down around her, Linda (Rose Byrne) attempts to navigate her child's mysterious illness, her absent husband, a missing person, and an increasingly hostile relationship with her therapist.

Emily Wyland teams up with cinematographer Danny to shoot an intimate documentary about reuniting with Emily’s estranged mother after a decade apart. When her mother suddenly goes missing, possibly succumbing to the addictions that first tore her family apart, Emily and Danny must piece together increasingly sinister clues to find her before it’s too late.

When a warlord dies, a peasant thief is called upon to impersonate him, and then finds himself haunted by the warlord’s spirit as well as his own ambitions. In his late color masterpiece Kagemusha, Akira Kurosawa returns to the samurai film and to a primary theme of his career—the play between illusion and reality. Sumptuously reconstructing the splendor of feudal Japan and the pageantry of war, Kurosawa creates a historical epic that is also a meditation on the nature of power.

Behind one of the best-selling jazz records of all time, Keith Jarrett’s 1975 Köln Concert, how it almost didn’t happen, and how one formidable German teenager, Vera Brandes, breaks every boundary to set the conditions for the creation of a masterpiece. Vera, still in high school when she started producing and promoting music concerts in Cologne, puts everything on the line to put on this show. But Vera believes in the power of music, and she’s never seen anyone play like Keith Jarrett before.

JOURNEY DOWN THE GILA is the first full length film produced, that visually captures the beauty of the Gila River through the 37-mile river run through the Gila Wilderness. The documentary, directed by Albuquerque film maker, David Garcia, tells the story of three local, New Mexico teens, who died in service to the wild places they loved, their mothers’ trip down the river they sought to protect, and the struggle to keep the Gila flowing free. Four years and multiple river trips in the making, JOURNEY DOWN THE GILA is a lush cinematic, river-level journey down one of America’s great natural treasures. This 90-minute documentary is a love letter to the Gila and a rallying call to protect it.

George Orwell was one of the most radical and visionary authors of the 20th Century, whose 1940s novels, such as 1984 and Animal Farm, foretold a chilling, all-too-believable authoritarian future that has become scarily prescient in our modern era. Acclaimed director Raoul Peck (I Am Not Your Negro), working in collaboration with the Orwell Estate, seamlessly interweaves historical clips, readings from Orwell's diary, cinematic references, and dynamic modern day footage to craft not only a definitive portrait of the writer himself, but an entirely fresh take on how remarkably relevant and prophetic his work has become. Featuring award-winning actor Damian Lewis as the voice of Orwell.

The rape of a bride and the murder of her samurai husband are recalled from the perspectives of a bandit, the bride, the samurai's ghost and a woodcutter.

A Life in Conversation with Art Renesan Course Information: "Hear first-hand about the life and times of Linda Durham, a leading gallerist of contemporary art in New Mexico. From the 1970s through early 2011, she represented and championed the work of New Mexico-based painters, sculptors, and photographers. Durham will talk about some of the work in her personal collection: the Art, the Artists, the stories…and why she loves what she loves. (Photo by Alex Traube; painting by Jerry West.)" About The Instructor: Linda Durham is a long-time gallery owner and art consultant in Santa Fe. In addition to being a lifelong journal writer, she is an author (Still Moving, The Trans-Siberian Railway Journey), founder of the Wonder Institute (a visual- and performing-arts think tank and salon), lecturer, and workshop presenter who collects experiences and cultural encounters the way others collect souvenirs.

Experiencing Northern New Mexico’s Food Bank: A Tour of The Food Depot Renesan Course Information: You’ve seen the car line down Siler Road or The Food Depot trucks on Cerrillos, but what really happens inside Northern New Mexico's only food bank? Every year, an average of 10 million pounds of food leaves our warehouse, and you can experience the warehouse firsthand on a dynamic staff-led tour of our 27,000-square-foot facility. See The Food Depot in action, learn how we source and rescue food, and feel the chill of our freezer. About The Instructor: Amanda Bregel, Director of Communications for The Food Depot, is responsible for the food bank's quarterly newsletter, website, social media, and general communications. She moved to Santa Fe from North Carolina in 2021 after teaching high school English for more than a decade.

An Evening Under the Stars Renesan Course Information: Enjoy the enchantment of New Mexico's night sky at this RENESAN star party. We will observe the night sky, using both telescopes and naked eyes, at our hosts’ home near Eldorado. The telescopes are aimed at any visible planets as well as several deep-space objects, such as galaxies, nebulae, and star clusters. And, of course, no astronomical tour is complete without identifying the major constellations and the first-magnitude stars on display that night. Refreshments are served, including warm drinks. About The Instructor: Jim Baker began stargazing as a child and has been looking at the heavens for over 60 years as an amateur astronomer. For RENESAN, in addition to hosting many Evenings Under the Stars, Jim has taught an astronomy course and given presentations on astronomical topics. Note: Please contact us for host's address, where the course will be taking place.

The Complex Tale of Mexico’s 16th Century Indigenous Story Map, a Lienzo Renesan Course Information: When Cortez and his small army conquered Tenochtitlán in 1521, he knew he needed more intel about the people and terrain he was taking. He dispatched Pedro de Alvarado to make alliance with the native Nahuatl people and explore the lands as far south as Lake Atitlan in Guatemala. Nahuatl artists later painted an epic map of that journey, the Lienzo de Quauhquechollan. Learn the history of the map and how pre-contact indigenous pictorial maps influenced Mexican history, legal system, and land law. About The Instructor: Tom Johnson is a retired journalist and professor emeritus with a long career zig-zagging from the classroom to the newsroom and back. A specialist in analytic journalism and GIS, he seeks opportunities to understand cultures and their history and evolution. He has traveled extensively in Mexico and Latin America.

Conflict and Acculturation in New Mexico History Renesan Course Information: "Thomas Chávez gives us an overview of New Mexico’s history with an emphasis on the encounter of cultures that has defined New Mexico today: From pre-European contact through Spanish exploration and settlement, Church and state, the Pueblo Revolt and resettlement, sedentary and nomadic conflict, Mexican Independence, and the Mexican War, the Civil War, technology and its impact, to the Black Legend and the clash of cultures." About The Instructor: "Thomas E. Chávez, Ph.D., is a researcher, consultant, and historian. He has served as Executive Director of the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque and Director of the Palace of the Governors in Santa Fe. He has published eleven books with three more forthcoming."

The Food Depot: Creating a Food Secure Community in Northern New Mexico Renesan Course Information: How does The Food Depot, Northern New Mexico's food bank since 1994, engage its vast hunger-relief network to create healthy communities? Learn what really happens at food distributions and how we procure and rescue enough food to feed 40,000 people across nine counties. Hear how you too can learn, advocate, and volunteer to make food-secure futures a reality. Whether you’ve been a long-time Food Depot supporter or you're new to Santa Fe, The Food Depot can still surprise you. About The Instructor: "Amanda Bregel, Director of Communications for The Food Depot, is responsible for the food bank's quarterly newsletter, website, social media, and general communications. She moved to Santa Fe from North Carolina in 2021 after teaching high school English for more than a decade."

THIS TICKET COVERS ALL 3 SESSIONS! Renesan Course Information: Wuthering Heights, Frankenstein, and Jane Eyre have fascinated readers by viewing the world through a skewed lens, often known as gothic: mystery, horror, gloom. Modern film interpretations have replicated this gothic/romantic world. Much as we are asked to identify with the character through her/his metaphorical labyrinth of the narrative's mystery, we will explore similar bizarre and unexpected twists and contradictions. We look at Rebecca, Night of the Hunter, Marnie, Don't Look Now, The Talented Mr. Ripley, and Phantom Thread. About The Instructor: Bud Cox has taught literature, film, art history, and music history for more than 46 years and remains deeply enthusiastic about teaching. His recent Renesan presentations have included Six Films of 1975, Film Noir, Robert Altman's Nashville, and Great Comic Moments in Cinema.

THIS TICKET COVERS ALL 2 SESSIONS! Journeys into Jazz I: Bird and the Origins of Modern Music Renesan Course Information: When he died in 1955 at age thirty-four, Charlie (“Bird”) Parker was arguably the most influential—and imitated—jazz musician in the country. His recording career spanned a short 15 years. Yet, no other jazz musician before or after Bird captured the imagination of fellow artists and the public as much as he did. Parker’s story, at its core, is about the triumph of music as a dominant obsession amid a perplexing array of competing compulsions. About The Instructor: After 50 years of teaching on college campuses, Bruce Johnson retired to Santa Fe and joined the Renesan family in 2016. Introduced to the saxophone at age eight, he played in a regional swing band during high school and spent summers studying jazz composition and orchestration while exploring the Southern California jazz scene.

THIS TICKET COVERS ALL 2 SESSIONS! Journeys into Jazz II: Miles Davis Renesan Course Information: "Duke Ellington called Miles Davis the Picasso of Jazz. Like the painter, Davis kept changing and experimenting with new styles and forms of expression. To study Davis means to learn about bebop, hard bop, cool jazz and jazz/rock fusion. This presentation addresses the artistry of Davis during the years 1945 to 1970 and his association with jazz greats of that period, including Charlie Parker, Sonny Rollins, John Coltrane, and Wayne Shorter." About The Instructor: "Mark Davis has taught more than twenty courses for Renesan, half of which deal with jazz. Other presentations have been on French cultural history, including film; the Spanish Civil War; Weimar Germany; the Betrayal of Poland; Vichy France; the Red Scare; and U.S. Elections of 1940 and 1960. "

Laura Gilpin: Great Photographer of the Southwest Renesan Course Information: "One of the foremost women photographers of the twentieth century, Laura Gilpin spent more than half a century photographing and writing books about Southwest cultures, landscapes, and Indigenous people. Gilpin ventured into remote lands during a time when most photographers doing such work were male. The presentation will explore her fascinating life, her photo books on Mesa Verde, the Pueblos, and the Rio Grande, concluding with her masterwork, The Enduring Navajo." About The Instructor: "Gregory Jay was a professor of English and American Studies for some four decades, retiring in 2020 to Santa Fe. He has published widely on a variety of topics in the study of American art and culture. His most recent Renesan presentation was on Ansel Adams."

The Whole Ox and Other Stories of Oaxacan Pottery THIS RENESAN COURSE TAKES PLACE AT LIVING THREADS STUDIO, 1610 LENA STREET Renesan Course Information: "Like introducing old friends, Eric Mindling will speak about earthen pots from the old villages of Oaxaca, Mexico, revealing the deeper, quieter stories of where these pieces come from, how they were created, what they are for, and the people who carry the old, old knowledge of how to turn earth from the edge of the cornfield into a pot to boil that corn for supper. Join Mindling for a deep dive into pottery, people, and another land, richly illustrated with photos and storytelling." About The Instructor: Eric Mindling spent 25 years immersed in the pottery villages of Oaxaca. He wrote the book Fire and Clay, The Art of Oaxacan Pottery and co-curated a traveling exhibition of the same name. He is co-owner of Living Threads Studio in Santa Fe, runs a cultural travel company, and is on the board of the International Folk Art Market.

THIS TICKET COVERS ALL 4 SESSIONS This Renesan course takes place at SJUMC. Going Underground with Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man Renesan Course Information: "Ralph Ellison’s 1952 novel Invisible Man is among the most important novels in the African American canon. We will read the book in its entirety and Richard Wright's novella ""The Man Who Lived Underground,"" focusing on how both writers' vision of ""the underground"" created work that is simultaneously rebellious, subversive, and patriotic. (Participants must provide their own copies.) We may also examine short stories from other writers that illustrate the themes of invisibility, double consciousness, and the approaches of African American humor, satire, and code-switching that culminate in Invisible Man." About The Instructor: "Darryl Lorenzo Wellington was the 6th Poet Laureate of Santa Fe, New Mexico. He has worked for 30 years in journalism, often writing for The Washington Post, The Nation, and the Progressive. His most recent book was Legible Walls: poems for Santa Fe murals (2023)."

Saving Florence's Art: Renaissance, WWII, Flood 1966 Renesan Course Information: "Step back in time to the Florentine Renaissance when Man became the center of the universe. Discover the role of women in this Florentine society and the one woman who saved Florence’s art. Imagine a time when Florence, the Beautiful City of Art, was in danger of becoming the City Without Art during WWII and the tragic flood of 1966! Relive the consequences of these disasters, not only for Florence, but also for the world." About The Instructor: Linda Sassano Higgins received a B.S. in Anthropology (University of California), an M.Ed. (Tufts), a degree in Art (Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art) and became a Licensed Italian Tour Guide in 2016. She lives in Santa Fe and works in Florence.

Renesan Course Information: Fred Nathan, Executive Director of the nonpartisan think tank Think New Mexico, will discuss the organization's recommendations for addressing the state's critical shortage of health care workers. He will provide an update on the progress made toward enacting these reforms during the 2025 legislative session and describe plans for future action. About The Instructor: Fred Nathan, Jr. founded Think New Mexico in 1999. A recovering attorney, he served as special counsel to New Mexico Attorney General Tom Udall from 1991-1998, when he spearheaded several successful legislative initiatives and New Mexico’s lawsuit against the tobacco industry, which resulted in a $1.25 billion settlement for the state.

THIS TICKET COVERS ALL 2 SESSIONS The Evolution of Bobby Kennedy: From McCarthy and Cohn to King and Chavez Renesan Course Information: As JFK’s attorney general, Bobby Kennedy was called “ruthless” when he served on the infamous McCarthy hearings of the 1950s. Later, devastated by his brother’s assassination, his personal evolution began. RFK started working to unite working-class whites with Blacks and Latinos in an electoral coalition that seemed poised to redraw the face of presidential politics. The presentation draws on several books, especially Larry Tye’s biography, as well as new information released through Kennedy family papers and previously unreleased government files. Videos of Kennedy’s speeches and his campaigning as a “rock star” enhance the presentation. About The Instructor: Allen Stone, a retired broadcast journalist who witnessed and reported on many key events of the 1960s and 1970s, received the prestigious duPont-Columbia award for work (with others) on the 40th anniversary of the JFK assassination. For Renesan, he has made several presentations connecting past and current events.

The History of Imitation Humans: Myth, Novels, Film, and the “Real Thing” Renesan Course Information: Humans have been fascinated by imitative art since prehistoric times. But why? Why isn’t what we actually see or know adequate as is? These kinds of questions grow especially confounding when we consider our fascination with imitation humans. We’ll explore the evolution of imitation humans from ancient myth (e.g., Pygmalion) to novels (e.g., Frankenstein) to film (uncountable). And then we’ll turn to the present, when the manufacture of a “real” imitation human seems right around the corner. About The Instructor: Tony Jackson just retired as professor of English at UNC Charlotte, where he taught literature, film, and narrative theory. Holder of a Ph.D. degree from UCLA, he has published academic essays on issues of imitation for many years and has taught film classes for Renesan.

Street Homeless Animal Project (SHAP) is thrilled to present this chilling screening of George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead—the original 1968 horror film that revolutionized the zombie genre in popular culture. This Halloween night film is the final, spooktacular part of SHAP’s 2025 Halloween Trifecta of Fundraisers! A group of frantic souls barricade themselves in an abandoned farmhouse when corpses begin to leave the graveyard in search of fresh human bodies to devour. The pragmatic Ben does his best to control the situation, but when the re-animated bodies surround the house, the other survivors begin to panic. As any order inside the group begins to dissolve, the hungry zombies start to find ways inside. One by one, the living humans become the prey of these deceased flesh hunters. Will anyone be left? As the group struggles to survive, tensions rise, and the true horror becomes not just the relentless zombies outside, but also the psychological strain the survivors experience inside their own terrified minds. They won’t stay dead! So, hang on to your brains and body parts! Net proceeds earned through this Halloween Fundraiser Event go to SHAP’s Veterinary Fund and Street Survival Fund -- to support our mission helping the companion animals of the homeless along with their unhoused guardians—trying to survive on the streets of Santa Fe and Northern New Mexico. SHAP | 501(c)(3) nonprofit | EIN 80-0254858 | Visit NMSHAP.org Sometimes Love Has No Address

During a routine pickup, an elderly Vietnamese cab driver is taken hostage at gunpoint by three recently escaped Orange County convicts.

A vengeful young man marries the daughter of a corrupt industrialist in order to seek justice for his father's suicide.

Kazakh New Wave director Ardak Amirkulov’s The Fall of Otrar is a hypnotic epic about one of world history’s crucial military battles. In the early thirteenth century, Genghis Khan conquered Otrar, a major city in the old Persian kingdom of Khwarazm and a gateway to the West. This victory marked the fearsome warrior’s first campaign beyond traditional Mongol territory—and the opening salvo to his near complete domination of Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Evoking the dynamic pacing of Akira Kurosawa, and the hallucinatory sensuousness of Tarkovsky (aided by a deft alternation among color, black-and-white, and sepia film stocks), Amirkulov follows the buildup to war through the eyes of Unjukhan (Dokhdurbek Kydyraliyev), an audacious Kipchak soldier who tries to convince Khwarazm’s ruler (Tungyshpai Zhamankulov) of Khan’s imminent invasion. As a former Mongol scout, Unjukhan well knows Khan’s canniness and brutality, but when his pleas are taken for insolence, he must escape imprisonment to stop an escalating diplomatic crisis and to avert a clash of civilizations. With a panoramic scope that covers the intimate details of palace intrigue as well as the merciless sweep of battlefield carnage, The Fall of Otrar is a masterful imagining of the seismic changes of history—and a terrifying, electrifying feast for the senses.