Aug 13
Coolidge Corner Theatre Brookline, MA
TicketsDr. Jordan R.M. Kennedy
Engineer; Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Harvard University Graduate School of Design
The Blob— Boston’s Great Molasses Flood
Program Description
Free outdoor 35mm screening in partnership with the Rose Kennedy Greenway! Before the screening of this cult classic of gooey greatness, engineer Dr. Jordan R.M. Kennedy will give a scientific overview of Boston’s Great Molasses Flood.
This free screening will take place at sunset at the Greenway's Wharf District Park (located between Milk Street and Atlantic Avenue in Boston).
Film Synopsis
An alien lifeform consumes everything in its path as it grows and grows.
A cult classic of gooey greatness, The Blob follows the havoc wreaked on a small town by an outerspace monster with neither soul nor vertebrae. Teenager Steve (Steven McQueen) and his best girl, Jane (Aneta Corsaut), race to protect their hometown from a gelatinous alien life form that engulfs everything it touches. The first to discover the substance and live to tell about it, Steve and Jane witness the blob kill and grow to terrifying size. But no one else has seen the goo, and policeman Dave (Earl Rowe) refuses to believe the kids without proof. With strong performances and ingenious special effects, The Blob helped launch the careers of Steve McQueen and composer Burt Bacharach, whose bouncy title song is just one of this film’s many unexpected pleasures.
About the Speaker
Jordan R.M. Kennedy is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Harvard University Graduate School of Design. She received her Ph.D. in Material Science and Mechanical Engineering from Harvard’s John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. As a scientist, engineer, and experimentalist, she specializes in merging quantitative analysis with ecological and Indigenous frameworks to tackle complex challenges. Her career spans fieldwork, laboratory experiments, and scientific communication, focusing on ecosystem design, environmental restoration, and traditional ecological knowledge.