The Gaines Center Presents Arrival
with a Welcome by Author Ted Chiang
and an Introduction by UK Linguists Brenna Byrd and Andrew Byrd

Linguistics professor Louise Banks leads an elite team of investigators when gigantic spaceships touch down in 12 locations around the world. As nations teeter on the verge of global war, Banks and her crew must race against time to find a way to communicate with the extraterrestrial visitors. Hoping to unravel the mystery, she takes a chance that could threaten her life and quite possibly all mankind.

The Gaines Center for the Humanities presents this special screening of Arrival, the award-winning film inspired by Ted Chiang’s novella, Story of Your Life.