Smart. Suspenseful.
And a little bit sci-fi.

anthropology has its
Bay Area premiere!

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ANTHROPOLOGY

City Lights proudly presents the regional premiere of Lauren Gunderson’s high-tech thriller “anthropology,” May 14-June 7! In her Silicon Valley home office, Merril believes in patterns and systems. But her life as a hotshot coder and AI expert falls apart when her sister Angie vanishes. After the police abandon their search, Merril gathers the digital material her sister left behind and creates an AI composite. The virtual Angie is a comfort. Until it starts to reveal new details about the disappearance.

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