Science on Screen at the Digital Gym Theater will focus on Animal Perspectives in Film.

This screening is part of Science on Screen, a grant program bringing science to cinemas.

Our presentation of Babe: Pig in the City, will be followed by a presentation by Dr. Eric Leonardis, Postdoctoral Fellow at The Salk Institute for Biological Studies and an expert in the neuroscience of animal behavior and communication.

Bio: Dr. Eric Leonardis is a Postdoctoral Fellow at The Salk Institute for Biological Studies and an expert in the neuroscience of animal behavior and communication. He specializes in how the brain controls the body and how animals make sense of their world. Eric’s work explores embodied cognition and the evolution of communication, with a focus on how animals use signs and signals to convey territory, hierarchy, and meaning. He recently gave the invited lecture “Body Horror and the Brain” with Harvard Medical School. He serves as a scientific advisor for films through the National Academy of Sciences Science and Entertainment Exchange consulting on the portrayal of science in film. You can find him regularly presenting scientific introductions to films at Film Geeks SD events like the Secret Morgue at the Comic Con Museum.

Film Synopsis: When Babe accidentally puts farmer Hoggett (James Cromwell) in traction, the debtors come looking for their payments. In order to pay their debt, Mrs. Hoggett (Magda Szubanski) sends Babe off across the ocean to the city to demonstrate his talents as a sheep herder. Along with his friends, Babe meets a lot of new friends and gets into new adventures.

Showtimes: Tuesday, May, 27, 2025: 7:00

Ticket Prices: $13 Regular / $11 Students & Seniors / $9 Members

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoMZtqQq3LQ&ab_channel=RottenTomatoesClassicTrailers