Science on Screen Presents: Shelf Life

Four shelves have hundreds of samples of cheese and a graphic says Texas Science Festival 2025
Event starts on this day

Feb

21

2025

Event starts at this time 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
In Person (view details)
Featured Speaker(s): Ian Cheney, Anna Finger, Karen Fingerman, and John Antonelli
Cost: $13.50 ($5 discount with code TSF25)
The Austin Film Society will host a special ticketed screening of “Shelf Life,” a global exploration of cheesemaking in unexpected places that draws surprising parallels between the aging of cheese and the human experience.

Description

Photo of Ian Cheney

Director Ian Cheney is an Emmy-nominated and Peabody Award-winning documentary filmmaker. His 11 feature documentaries include Picture a Scientist (2020), Bluespace (2015) and The Arc of Oblivion (2023).

 

A woman in a v-neck shirt and dangling earrings smiles for the camera.

Anna Finger, LCSW, is co-director of the Gerontology Resources and the Aging Community in Education (GRACE) Scholars Program at UT Austin and a faculty member in the Steve Hicks School of Social Work. Her experience spans clinical roles and developing programs to improve outcomes for older adults and advance social work education.

A woman in a turtleneck with small dangling earrings stands in front of a building with shrubbery and smiles for the camera.

Karen Fingerman is Wilson Professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Sciences at UT Austin, director of the Texas Aging and Longevity Center and director of research for Center on Aging and Population Sciences.

A man stands in front of a bookshelf and smile while wearing a shirt branded Antonelli's Cheese.

John Antonelli is the owner of Antonelli’s Cheese Shop and the past president of the American Cheese Society. He has been honored with multiple awards and is an inducted an member of the prestigious Guilde Internationale des Fromagers.

Location

AFS Cinema
6259 Middle Fiskville Rd, Austin, TX 78752
 

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