18 1⁄2

Tuesday, October 15

7 PM

PG-13 | Comedy/Thriller | 1h 29m

2021 | USA

In this gripping thriller, a White House transcriber stumbles upon the only copy of the infamous 18½ minute gap in Nixon’s Watergate tapes. Don’t miss this chance to watch the film and participate in a Q&A with the filmmaker.

There are many theories about the missing 18 ½ minutes of Richard Nixon’s White House recordings. At a time of heightened controversy—thanks to Watergate and the ensuing investigations—the gap in recordings created a convenient slot into which a person’s conspiracy theory of choice might fit. Dan Mirvish’s film 18 ½ explores a quaint, yet zany, moment of alternate history where the tape itself was taped and a young transcriptionist (Willa Fitzgerald, Reacher, The Fall of the House of Usher) secrets it away from the White House to listen to it with a journalist (John Magaro, Past Lives). Hilarity ensues when they check into a small-town motel to do just that. Co-starring Richard Kind, Jon Cryer, Ted Raimi, and Bruce Campbell.

Language: English

Director: Dan Mirvish

Writers: Dan Mirvish, Daniel Moya

A Q&A with filmmaker and Slamdance Film Festival co-founder Dan Mirvish will follow the screening.

Hosted by the Elon University Global Film & Cultures minor

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