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Cotuit Center for the Arts presents “Best of the Woods Hole Film Festival” on three Sundays: September 11, 18, and 25 at 7:30 PM. “Coming Through the Rye,” by James Sadwith, will be shown on Sunday, September 11 at 7:30 PM Inspired by events in the filmmaker’s life, and set in 1969, “Coming Through the Rye” is the poignant and funny story of 16-year-old Jamie Schwartz (Alex Wolff) who has landed at an all-boys boarding school for all the wrong reasons. Ostracized by nearly everyone, he clings to the unshakable belief that he will someday play Holden Caulfield—the main character in “The Catcher in the Rye”—on Broadway and in the movies. Jamie adapts the novel into a play to put on at school, but, after a series of increasingly hostile incidents with students, he runs away with a quirky townie, DeeDee (Stefania Owen), to find the book's author JD Salinger (Chris Cooper). Their odyssey to find Salinger becomes a journey of sexual awakening, the discovery of love and the meaning of one’s life. Although this is his first feature, James Sadwith started out writing and subsequently directing and producing movies, miniseries and drama series for television. His projects have won or been nominated for over 35 Emmy Awards and Golden Globes. Shortzapalooza will be shown on September 18 at 7:30 p.m. Shortzapalooza is a two-hour selection of short films under 10 minutes. There will be dramas, comedies, documentaries, animated films, and experimental films. “You will laugh, cry, think, but you will not be bored,” said Judith Laster, founder/director of the Woods Hole Film Festival. “What Tomorrow Brings,” by Beth Murphy, winner of the Best of Fest Feature Documentary award for 2016, will be presented on September 25. A longtime Falmouth resident and a three-time Best of the Fest winner, Murphy is the founder of Principle Pictures, a Massachusetts production company. She has directed, written, and produced nearly 20 documentary films. “What Tomorrow Brings” provides a look inside the Zabuli Girls' School, the first all-girls’ school in the remote village of Deh’Subz, Afghanistan, where students and teachers are making possible what was once unthinkable. Girls' lives and traditional attitudes are changed in unexpected ways as they are allowed to go to school for the very first time. The film traces the inter-connected stories of those who bring the school to life: students, teachers, village elders, parents, and school founder Razia Jan. While the girls learn to read and write, their education goes far beyond the classroom to become lessons about tradition and time. They discover their school is the one place they can turn to understand the differences between the lives they were born into and the lives they dream of leading. Fathers, too, are learning. For many, the skepticism with which they once viewed girls' education becomes intermingled with pride and enthusiasm. Still, strong patriarchal traditions remain and students struggle with forced engagements and fathers who take their own teenage brides. The story plays out at a critical moment in Afghanistan's history when international security forces are leaving the country and the Taliban is increasingly exerting its power. Tickets are $30 for three tickets, general admission, $25 for 2 tickets, general admission, $14 for one ticket general admission, $10 for students and veterans. Cotuit Center for the Arts is at 4404 Route 28 in Cotuit. For more information, visit www.artsonthecape.org or call 508-428-0669. # # # What: “Best of the Woods Hole Film Festival” Where: Cotuit Center for the Arts, 4404 Route 28, Cotuit When: Sundays, September 11, 18, and 25, 7:30 PM Admission: $30 for three tickets; $25 for two tickets; $14 for one ticket; $10 for students and veterans