OBSERVER Film Screening
April 13 / 3 PM
Runtime: 94 minutes
Ticket holders for OBSERVER will be invited to stay after the film and experience the Nature Center after hours, until 6:00.
$13 General Admission, Free for VINS members*

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OBSERVER embarks on an experiment in which a series of keen-eyed observers – scientists, artists, a hunter – are brought to a range of locations around the world, and asked to simply describe what they see. What unfolds is a deep exploration and celebration of the power of observation: what happens when you find new ways to sense & perceive the world around you?

Attend the film screening of OBSERVER at the VINS Nature Center on April 13. This award-winning documentary challenges viewers to slow down and rediscover the art of seeing, revealing how different perspectives can transform our understanding of both natural and human environments. Ticket holders for Observer will be invited to stay after the film and experience the Nature Center after hours, until 6:00 pm. 

Director Biography:
Ian Cheney is a documentary filmmaker. He received bachelor’s & master’s degrees from Yale and a MFA in filmmaking from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. His twelve feature-length films prior to Observer (2025) include King Corn (2007), The City Dark (2010), The Search for General Tso (2014), The Most Unknown (2018), Picture a Scientist (2020), The Arc of Oblivion (2023) and Shelf Life (2024). He has helmed Wicked Delicate Films since 2003. A former MacDowell Fellow & Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT, he has taught at Yale College & the University of Gastronomic Sciences in Italy. You can read his blatherings on Subtack but don’t bother. He lives in Maine.

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