The Unforeseen is an award winning, critically acclaimed documentary about the complex history of Barton Springs and Austin real estate development, directed and produced by Yale graduate and Austinite, Laura Dunn. Laura has generously helped arrange an All-Ivy+ discount for a screening of the film. She will introduce the film and conduct a Q&A session afterwards.
WHAT: Screening of The Unforeseen
WHEN: Sunday, April 06, 4:10 PM
WHERE: Alamo Drafthouse, South Lamar Location1120 South Lamar Blvd.Austin, TX 78704
TICKETS: $6.25 with All-Ivy+ Discount
Provide the discount code "IVY" if buying tickets at the box office.
Tickets can be purchased online at http://www.original alamo.com/ Show.aspx? id=5240. The Sunday screening time is not up yet, but when it is, select the "Student/Senior/ AFS Discount" option.
More about the film:
"An ambitious west Texas farm boy (Gary Bradley) with grandiose plans tires of living at the mercy of nature and sets out to find a life with more control. He heads to Austin where he becomes a real estate developer and skillfully capitalizes on the growth of this 1970s boomtown. At the peak of his powers, he transforms 4,000 acres of pristine Hill Country into one of the state's largest and fastest selling subdivisions (Circle C). When the development threatens a local treasure, a fragile limestone aquifer and a naturally spring-fed swimming hole, the community fights back. In the conflict that ensues, we see in miniature a struggle that today plays out in communities across the country."
"An ambitious west Texas farm boy (Gary Bradley) with grandiose plans tires of living at the mercy of nature and sets out to find a life with more control. He heads to Austin where he becomes a real estate developer and skillfully capitalizes on the growth of this 1970s boomtown. At the peak of his powers, he transforms 4,000 acres of pristine Hill Country into one of the state's largest and fastest selling subdivisions (Circle C). When the development threatens a local treasure, a fragile limestone aquifer and a naturally spring-fed swimming hole, the community fights back. In the conflict that ensues, we see in miniature a struggle that today plays out in communities across the country."
* Winner, Independent Spirit Award, 2008 *
View the trailer at: www.theunforeseenfi lm.com
I saw the movie myself last Friday evening, and I highly recommend it. It's a gorgeous, haunting, and nuanced work. It definitely has a message, but the individuals and communities involved in the events of the film are presented in a very non-judgmental way. The film is, in one sense, about the fight over the soul of Austin, but it's also about bigger themes of ambition, hubris, chance, and the American Dream.Ramey KoSocial Programs CoordinatorYale Club of Austin.
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