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EVER SINCE THE WORLD ENDED

(dir. Calum Grant & Joshua Atesh Litle, 78 mins)

Weds Jan 10 9pm - buy tix
Thurs Jan 11 9pm - buy tix
Fri Jan 12 9pm - buy tix
Sat Jan 13 9pm - buy tix
Sun Jan 14 9pm - buy tix
Mon Jan 15 - no show
Tues Jan 16 9pm - buy tix
Weds Jan 17 7pm - buy tix

EVERYONE ON EARTH IS DEAD.

EXCEPT FOR A FEW HUNDRED PEOPLE IN SAN FRANCISCO.

"Ingeniously written and photographed . . .a remarkably three-dimensional, speculative chronicle of what life might be like if the world's population was reduced by about 90% . . . a reminder that pragmatic, logical, and honest examination of human behavior fuels storytelling "vision" just as well as extravagant production values and bold pictorial strokes. Arguably better. . . bears more than a passing resemblance to Rod Serling's equally harsh yet homey futures . . . heartbreaking, spellbinding, and frighteningly real."
- Bruce Bennett, NEW YORK SUN

"[a] fascinating record of remembrance and reconstruction . . . Effects are all the more special for being minimal: a decaying Golden Gate bridge, a decomposing ship listing in the harbor."
- Jeannette Catsoulis, NEW YORK TIMES

"A meditation on the end of the world and an indictment of the unsustainable lifestyle we enjoy today."
- Raven Snook, TIME OUT NEW YORK

"a smart post-apocalyptic outing . . .like LORD OF THE FLIES on Quaaludes, and it gets under your skin more horrifyingly than many bigger-budgeted films of apocalypse-themed dread."
- Jay Carr, AM NEW YORK

EVER SINCE THE WORLD ENDED is a character-driven “social science fiction” film about life after the end of the world. Twelve years after a devastating plague emptied the world of people, two San Francisco filmmakers traverse the nearly deserted City with a camera and a microphone. On a journey that will carry them far beyond the city limits and into the wilderness beyond, they begin to uncover the secrets of their new world. In a series of encounters and interviews with a handful of fellow survivors, they explore the harsh realities of life after civilization, revealing the day-to-day struggles for survival, the shifting moral imperatives, and the deep ideological rifts in a fledgling community trying to chart a way forward.

At once epic and intensely personal, the film explores the strange and often humorous ways that people cope with devastating loss, the impatience of the younger generation with their elders’ apparently baffling customs, and the new sexual politics that results from a catastrophic loss of population. Through the words of a ragtag collection of survivors, EVER SINCE THE WORLD ENDED is a sometimes humorous, sometimes tragic look at society, humankind’s hopes for the future, the legacy of history, and the tough choices facing everyday people struggling to build a community on a large and lonely planet.