Welcome To Season 13!
May Film Showing – Suck It Up, Buttercup
Suck It Up, Buttercup
May 21, 2026 & June 2, 2026 6:30PM
May 21st show SOLD OUT! Tickets still available for June 2nd show.
Suck It Up, Buttercup
“Suck It Up, Buttercup” is an investigative and deeply human documentary that brings together physicans, nurses, patients, families and frontline leaders to reveal what is really happening inside America’s healthcare system. Through candid interviews and raw on-the-ground stories, the film exposes the failures putting all of us at risk and highlights the system and people who are proving that better is possible.
A healthcare system in crisis. A story America can’t ignore.The U.S. healthcare system is unraveling, burdened by corporate greed, overwhelming bureaucracy, and a work environment that is driving clinicians to exhaustion and patients to harm.
Purpose over profit. Humanity over systems. This crisis impacts everyone: clinicians, care teams, patients and the families who trust the system to protect them. The film lifts the veil on a dangerous dysfunction that has remained hidden for far too long, from unsafe staffing to financial pressures to the moral injury felt by those trying to provide care in a broken system.
Together, we can break the silence and save lives. This documentary is more than a film. It is a movement calling for transparency, accountability, and a future where healthcare works for the people it was built to serve.
88 minutes
Moderated discussion panel following the film screening.
Audience Discussion Panels
Panels Moderator:
Gretchen Soderlund is Associate Professor and Area Director of Media Studies at University of Oregon. She will be moderating both panel discussions.
May 21st Panelists:
Gianina Best, MD is an Emergency Medicine physician who trained at Vanderbilt University before moving to Oregon.
Jeremy Brown, MD is an emergency physician and partner in Eugene Emergency Physicians (EEP).
William Emerson, MD is a Hospital Medicine physician who has cared for patients in this community for 12 years.
Bianca Jacobs, MD is an emergency physician and partner in Eugene Emergency Physicians (EEP).
June 2nd Panelists:
Genevieve Birang, DO is a Family Medicine Physician, specializing in chronic and acute disease management.
Annaleigh Boggess, MD is an emergency physician and partner in Eugene Emergency Physicians (EEP).
Todd R. Otten, MD is a board-certified family physician and co-founder of Our Quadruple Aim, a movement that challenges the status quo in healthcare and promotes patient experience, quality care, lower costs, and provider wellness. He is an executive producer of the documentary “Suck It Up, Buttercup”.
Julie Seo, MD is a board-certified emergency physician with over 20 years of clinical experience, a proud partner of EEP.
June Film Showing – Mr. Nobody Against Putin
Mr. Nobody Against Putin
June 18th, 6:30PM
Mr. Nobody Against Putin
2026 Oscar® Winner for Best Documentary Feature
Pasha Talankin is an unlikely hero—a beloved Russian primary school teacher, known as a mentor and prankster who offers students a safe haven in his office. After Russia invades Ukraine, Pasha’s role in the school changes dramatically as he is reluctantly drawn into Putin’s propaganda machine. Forced to promote state-sanctioned messages and horrified by the transformation of his school and community, he struggles with guilt and a sense of powerlessness, leading him to become an international whistleblower.
As the school’s videographer, Pasha documents intimate and revealing footage of Putin’s regime, capturing the rise of militarized children’s groups, repressive laws, fervent nationalism, and the recruitment of graduating students to fight in the war. When he learns his own life may be at risk, Pasha is forced to plan a dangerous escape from Russia.
Directed by David Borenstein and co-directed by Pasha Talankin, this uniquely collaborative film is as captivating and joyful as it is eye-opening and sobering. Mr. Nobody Against Putin showcases rare footage that reveals the profound impact of Putin’s regime on the lives of everyday Russians, particularly its children.
90 minutes
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Audience Discussion Panels
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We are looking forward to engaging audiences at our home venue, the Art House, for our 13th season, bringing you documentaries to inform and inspire action!
Seating is NOT reserved, advanced tickets are recommended. All seats have excellent screen view.
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492 E. 13th Ave.
Eugene, OR 97401
$12.00 ADULTS
$9.00 STUDENTS (WITH ID)
$9.00 SENIORS (62+)
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