Lacking the specific talent that has defined her family for generations, Simona Kossak grows up knowing no warmth from her authoritarian mother. After graduating from university, she leaves everything behind – her home, tradition and social norms – and accepts the position of a scientist in Białowieża. She settles in the middle of the forest, in a house with no electricity or running water, surrounded by nature, living her life on her own terms. There, in the wilderness, she meets a photographer, Lech Wilczek, who shares her love of nature and the need for freedom. Their extraordinary relationship gets painfully challenged and Simona defends both her position as a naturalist and the place of a young woman in a world dominated by men.

ONE SHOW ONLY • Wednesday, November 6 @ 8PM in Avalon 1