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Butterfly Rising

Ongoing

With director/star Tanya Wright in person, followed by a book signing 

Part of the series Changing the Picture, sponsored by Time Warner Inc.

Dir. Tanya Wright. 2010, 94 mins. Digital projection. With Tanya Wright. This impressive debut feature was written, directed, and produced by Orange Is the New Black cast member Tanya Wright, who also stars in the film. Based on Wright’s novel of the same name, the drama is centered on singer Lilah Belle, who embarks on a road trip with her new friend Rose Johnson, known as the most scandalous woman in town. The two set out on the open road in a vintage truck and encounter the magical Lazarus of the Butterflies. What happens with the strange butterfly man changes their destinies and binds them together. A book signing follows the screening in the Museum store.

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