ADAM
NIMOY IN PERSON
with a
screening of his documentary, For the Love of Spock, and a
discussion of his new memoir, The Most Human: Reconciling with My Father,
Leonard Nimoy
Sunday,
November 24th at 2:30 PM
$48 Public with book | $42 Members with book
$28 Public film & discussion only | $22 Members film & discussion
only
Join
director and author Adam Nimoy, the
son of legendary actor Leonard Nimoy,
best known for his role as Spock in Gene Roddenberry’s Star Trek franchise, at a screening and discussion of his acclaimed
documentary film, For the Love of Spock, and new memoir The Most Human:
Reconciling with My Father, Leonard Nimoy. Tickets include film screening, interview with audience Q&A, and book signing reception with live musical entertainment. Copies of his new memoir, The Most Human: Reconciling with My Father, Leonard Nimoy, are available to bundle with the film program or at the box office.
FILM:
For the Love of Spock
Adam Nimoy is the son of the legendary Leonard Nimoy, who most
notable played Spock innumerable times in Star Trek and
its many spinoff blockbuster movies. But as his truly remarkable documentary, For
Love of Spock, reveals, Leonard Nimoy’s life and nearly seven-decade
career was far more multifaceted than most are aware, including that of
director and superb stage actor, as represented with particular poignance by
his role as Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof.
With stunning
expertise as a director and storyteller as well as with a love that transcended
a sometimes fraught relationship, Adam Nimoy deftly interweaves innumerable
fascinating clips with a vast array of insights offered by such figures as William
Shatner, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Zachary Quinto, George Takei, Chris Pine, Jim
Parsons, Zoe Saldana, Nichelle Nichols, J.J. Abrams, Walter Koenig, Simon Pegg,
Mayim Bialik, Jason Alexander and Jeffrey Katzenberg, as well clips
with others he acted with or directed, including Angelina Jolie, Liam
Neeson, Jason Robards, Jeffrey Hunter, Diane Keaton, Winona Ryder and
Ricardo Montalban. But
Leonard Nimoy’s culturally influential character of Spock remains at center –
with his iconic salutation, inspired by the Jewish Kohanic priestly blessing,
reminding us that Nimoy the man was not just a Mensch, as his colleagues say,
but “the Mensch of Mensches.” (Dir. Adam Nimoy, 2016, 1hr 51min)
BOOK: The Most Human: Reconciling with My Father, Leonard Nimoy
Like his legendary father, Adam Nimoy’s career is multifaceted, as a
storyteller in film and TV, photography, books, memoirs and teacher – the
latter not only at the NY Film Academy, but as a recovering addict at the Beit
T’Shuvah treatment center, where the residents kept him on the straight and
narrow.
As
the latter might suggest, while Star Trek fan publications
portrayed the Nimoys as a “close family,” to his son Adam, Leonard Nimoy
was a total stranger - as inscrutable as the iconic half-Vulcan science
officer he portrayed on Star Trek. Adam’s poignant and
widely praised memoir explores their complicated relationship and how it
informed his views on life. Despite their differences, both men ventured down
parallel paths: marriages leading to divorce, battling addiction, and finding
recovery. Most notably, both men struggled to take the ninth step in their AA
journey: to make amends with each other.
In The
Most Human, Adam Nimoy reveals how the son of Spock learned to navigate
this tumultuous relationship—from Shabbat dinners to basement AA meetings—and
how he was finally able to reconcile with his father—and with himself.
“The
lacerating father-and-son saga bristles with acute observations and painful
memories, but remarkably never loses its tender heart. Readers will get much
more than they bargained for.” –Nicholas Meyer, writer-director
numerous Star Trek franchise blockbusters
“Adam
Nimoy writes an incredibly raw portrayal of a father—an icon known by millions
around the world—and a son trying to know himself. I found it beautiful and
extremely moving.” —Ben Stiller
“This
autobiography surpasses expectations. Adam’s honest discussion of how he
reconnected with his father provides a cathartic experience.” —Eugene
Roddenberry Jr., CEO Roddenberry Entertainment
"Nimoy holds nothing back in this raw look at his relationship with his
father. Even non-Trekkies will be moved."
—Publishers Weekly
Produced and Curated by Jud Newborn
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