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Gallery Spotlight: Sharksploitation

Filmmaker Stephen Scarlata (Sharksploitation, 2023) and producer Paul Bales (Sharknado film series, 2013–2018) reveal how the success of Jaws (1975) spawned a new cinema feeding frenzy.

Free with museum admission

Fri, Jan 30, 2026

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