‘Jim Allison: Breakthrough’ opens Oct. 18 at Cinema Art Theater
Starting Friday, Oct. 18, the Rehoboth Beach Film Society’s Cinema Art Theater will present “Jim Allison: Breakthrough,” an absorbing documentary about a Nobel laureate and renegade scientist who goes against the medical establishment to find a cure for cancer.
Jim Allison is a native of south Texas and an avid blues harmonica player, whose creativity and boundless curiosity about the immune system set him on a trail-blazing path to change the face of cancer treatment. After the passing of his mother at a young age, Jim devotes his life to finding a cure for the terrible disease. Now at 70, this film chronicles a remarkable odyssey of his hard work and the struggles he experienced that led to the Nobel Prize-winning discovery. Stories directly from the man himself as well as his friends are narrated by Woody Harrelson and directed by Bill Haney.
Screening times are 3 p.m., Friday, Oct 18; 6 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 19; 2 p.m., Sunday, Oct 20; 3 p.m., Wednesday, Oct 23; and 6 p.m., Thursday, Oct 24. Admission is $8 for members and $11 for future members. Customers are encouraged to purchase tickets online. If seats are available, tickets can be purchased at the theater starting 30 minutes prior to each screening.
For more information on this series, other events, or to become a member, go to www.rehobothfilm.com or call 302-645-9095.
