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Reel Science Film Series: Back to the Future (May 4)

May 4, 2018

The Reel Science Film Series returns for its second edition with a new slate of cult science-fiction movies every Friday of May. Featured films will be paired with a local scientist who will provide contextualized and corrective feedback about the scientific themes presented following each screening.

Lineup includes:
Back to the Future: Friday, May 4, 2018 7 PM, at Digital Gym Cinema
Phase IV: Friday, May 11, 2018 7 PM, at San Diego Natural History Museum (The Nat)
Memento: Friday, May 18, 2018 7 PM, Digital Gym Cinema
The Matrix: Friday, May 25, 2018 7 PM, San Diego Natural History Museum (The Nat)

The series is a collaboration between San Diego Natural History Museum (The Nat), Digital Gym Cinema, and the Film Geeks San Diego.

Back to the Future

In this 1980s sci-fi classic, small-town California teen Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) is thrown back into
the 50s when an experiment by his eccentric scientist friend Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd) goes awry.
Traveling through time in a modified DeLorean, Marty encounters young versions of his parents (Crispin
Glover and Lea Thompson), and must make sure that they fall in love or he’ll cease to exist.

Introduction and contextualized and corrective commentary will be provided by UC San Diego physicist
Brian Shotwell.