Film Screening: The Arc of Oblivion
2026-02-08 15:30 (America/New_York) | Watson Fine Arts – Ellison Lecture Hall, Norton, MA, 02766
followed by a Q&A with director Ian Cheney & animator of the film, Professor of the Practice Melissa McClung

In a universe that erases its tracks, why are we so hellbent on leaving a trace?

From executive producer Werner Herzog (Cave of Forgotten Dreams; Grizzly Man) and director Ian Cheney (King Corn), The Arc of Oblivion is an unexpectedly playful search for an answer to a deeply existential question. Set against the backdrop of the filmmaker’s quixotic quest to build an ark in a field in Maine, the film heads far afield—to salt mines in the Alps, fjords in the Arctic, and ancient libraries in the Sahara—to illuminate the strange world of archives, record-keeping, and memory.

Director Ian Cheney and animator, Wheaton Professor of the Practice Melissa McClung, will join us for a Q&A after a screening of this fun and thought-provoking film.
