newportFILM | Documentary Film Screening "The Bend in the River" at Jamestown Arts Center

Tickets are $25 per person and include pre-film reception and post-film conversation with director, Robb Moss and Bill Bartholomew

Location: Jamestown Arts Center, 18 Valley Street, Jamestown, RI 02835

Parking
Free street parking is available.

Accessibility
Fully wheelchair accessible.

About the Film: The Bend in the River chronicles five close friends over nearly fifty years. Starting in 1978, director Robb Mossdocuments his friend’s outdoor rent-free life during one clothing-optional rafting trip through the Grand Canyon. In 2003, he filmed his friends again coming to terms with their transition from being young and carefree to responsible and middle-aged. Now, in 2025, Moss finds his friends in their 70s grappling with the choices they’ve made as individuals and as a generation. Cathy, Barry, Jim, Danny, and Jeff have lived most of their lives. They’ve held jobs, been married, had children, seen those children married, divorced, remarried, helped raise grandchildren, dreamt, suffered, succeeded and survived. The film interweaves moments from the distant past with those of the recent present, taking viewers back-and-forth through time and inviting candid reflections on what it means to live and grow old.

Please note that this film contains nudity.

6:00 PM:	Reception
7:00 PM:	Film Start
8:20 PM:	Post-Film Conversation with Robb Moss & Bill Bartholomew
Run time:	82 min
Directors:	Rob Moss
Producers:	Lisa Remington, Kristin Feeley, Rob Moss
Executive Producers:	Joel Coel, Frances McDormand, Tot Long, David Lewis, Shane Boris, Jeff Reichert , Geralyn White Dreyfous, Regina K. Scully, James Costa, Trevor Burgess
Cinematographers:	Rob Moss

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