Film series will screen ‘House of Tomorrow’ on Feb. 16

NEW PALTZ, N.Y. >> The charming coming-of-age comedy-drama “The House of Tomorrow,” which tells the incredible story of the late futurist, architect and inventor Buckminster Fuller through two teens trying to survive high school, will be screened as part of the Movies With Spirit series on Saturday, Feb. 16, at 7 p.m. at New Paltz United Methodist Church, 1 Grove St.

In this debut feature film from writer-director Peter Livolsi, 16-year-old Sebastian Prendergast (Asa Butterfield) lives with his Nana (Ellen Burstyn) in their geodesic dome home tourist attraction. She raises him there on the teachings of Fuller, her former mentor, in the hope Sebastian will eventually carry Bucky’s torch and make the world a better place.

But when a stroke sidelines Nana, Sebastian begins sneaking around with Jared Whitcomb (Alex

Wolff), a chain-smoking 16-year-old up-and-coming suburban punk rocker with a heart transplant. Jared lives with his churchinvolved single father Alan (Nick Offerman) and irascible teenage sister Meredith (Maude Apatow).

Unbeknownst to Nana, Sebastian and Jared form a punk rock band. Eventually, with Nana’s dreams, his first real friendship and a church talent show at stake, Sebastian must decide if he wants to become the next Bucky Fuller, the next Sid Vicious or something else entirely.

The film’s trailer can be found on YouTube at tinyurl. com/House-Tomorrow. The 2017 independent film won Best Screenplay at California’s Napa Valley Film Festival. It runs 1 hour and 25 minutes and is not rated by the Motion Picture Association of America.

The screening will be followed by a facilitated discussion. Refreshments will be served. Attendees over age 12 are asked to contribute $5 to $10 a person.

The monthly Movies With Spirit series, organized by Gerry Harrington of Kingston, seeks to stimulate people’s sense of joy and wonder, inspire love and compassion, evoke a deepened understanding of people’s integral connection with others and with life itself, and support individual cultures, faith paths and beliefs while simultaneously transcending them. The films are screened in diverse houses of worship and reverence across Ulster and Dutchess counties at 7 p.m. on the third Saturday of every month. The series has no religious affiliation.

For more information about “The House of Tomorrow” and the rest of the series, contact Harrington at (845) 389-9201 or at gerryharrington@mindspring. com. Details are also available at movieswithspirit.com and facebook.com/ MoviesWithSpirit.