More than a movie night, enjoy a pre and post film discussion with New Bedford’s favorite film professor, Dr. Mocha J. Herrup.

Mocha is a senior lecturer in the Communications, Journalism, and Media Department at Suffolk University. Mocha is also an award winning filmmaker and an experienced film festival programmer. They hold a PhD in Radio-TV-Film from the University of Texas at Austin.

SOYLENT GREEN (Richard Fleischer, 1973; 97 min)

SOYLENT GREEN portrays a crumbling world beset with dying oceans, year-round humidity, and worldwide shortages of food, water, and housing. In New York City’s population of 40 million, only the elite can afford spacious apartments, clean water, and natural food in walled-off communities patrolled by armed guards. Released in 1973 and set fifty-three years in the future in 2022, what was once science fiction is now documentary. In one of his most memorable performances, Charlton Heston plays an NYPD detective tasked with investigating the murder of a wealthy and influential board member of the Soylent Corporation. Riveting and also campy, SOYLENT GREEN is an iconic sci-fi classic.