CSML ScreenTime hosts summer screenings of documentaries that explore the connections between science and society. Through curated screenings and conversations with filmmakers, creators, and producers, the program aims to explore the untold stories behind the stories.
CSML ScreenTime showcases documentaries whose goals are to engage the public with science.
ScreenTime creates a space to watch these stories together, then speak with the people behind them about craft choices, audience, impact, what their work reveals, and what they are learning from their work.
SMALL TOWN UNIVERSE is directed by Katie Dellamaggiore (SXSW Audience Award Winner Brooklyn Castle), and set in Green Bank, WV, where life unfolds in the quiet zone of the world’s largest steerable radio telescope. The film traces the telescope’s history and role in the search for extraterrestrial life, the STEM opportunities it offers rural students, and the community’s fight to protect it when funding is threatened.
Click here to registerWe begin with a short conversation with the creator or invited guest to set the stage and provide context for the screening.
With the context shared in the opening conversation, we watch the selected film or documentary together.
After the screening, we continue the conversation and open the floor to the audience for questions, reflections, and discussion with the creator or guest.
SMALL TOWN UNIVERSE, directed by Katie Dellamaggiore, tells the story of Green Bank, West Virginia, where the world’s largest steerable radio telescope inspires scientific discovery and STEM education while facing an uncertain future.
OBSERVER follows filmmaker Ian Cheney as he asks scientists, artists, and others a simple question: What do you see? The documentary showcases the art and science of observation.
We welcome suggestions from filmmakers, researchers, institutions, and partners whose work uses visual storytelling to engage the public with science.
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