Jul 16
Coolidge Corner Theatre Brookline, MA
TicketsDr. Gabrielle Drummond
Postdoctoral Fellow at MIT’s Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences; Scientist at GC Therapeutics
Point Break— How does adrenaline affect the brain?
Program Description
Free outdoor 35mm screening in partnership with the Rose Kennedy Greenway! Before the film, MIT neuroscientist Gabi Drummond will talk about how adrenaline affects the brain.
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 F.B.I. Agent goes undercover to catch a gang of surfers who may be bank robbers.
Surf’s up! In Kathryn Bigelow’s adrenaline-fueled classic, FBI agent Johnny Utah (Keanu Reeves) goes undercover to infiltrate a cadre of Southern California surfers suspected of robbing banks. But things get complicated when the group’s philosophizing leader Bodhi (Patrick Swayze) puts Utah under his charismatic spell. One of the greatest action extravaganzas of the '90s.
Photo credit: 20th Century Fox
About the Speaker
Dr. Gabrielle Drummond is a postdoctoral fellow at MIT’s Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences and a scientist at GC Therapeutics. She was one of the lead authors of a 2022 study (which appeared in Nature) that explored how the brain responds to surprising events. She received her undergraduate degree from Johns Hopkins University and her PhD from MIT.