Upcoming Screening
Wed, Sept. 27, 2017, 7:00 pm
Coolidge Corner Theatre | Brookline, MA
CELLING YOUR SOUL
The documentary, CELLING YOUR SOUL, was produced by a company called No App for Life, which is the first organization to design an educational program that gets to the root cause of negative cell phone behavior. In a nutshell, it is about student’s reliance upon technology for “digital socialization” and the long-term effects that it is creating for them. It examines the dangers of not having enough face-to-face interaction at this critical point in their development and how (potentially / hopefully) nice it could feel to let go of some screen time each day. Follow this screening, Joni Siani ( the producer) leads a discussion that challenges the audience (both teens and adults) to take a “digital cleanse” and put down their social media for one week and try to engage in more authentic communication.
Previous Screenings
Wed, Aug 23, 2017, 7:00 pm
Coolidge Corner Theatre | Brookline, MA
BEYOND THE WALL
Beyond the Wall offers a stirring portrait of life after prison, as it follows five formerly incarcerated men who are attempting to rebuild their lives on the outside, with little support from our criminal justice system. The film reveals a reality that runs against the grain of conventional wisdom and established public policies governing reentry. While recently released individuals navigate an anemic system of re-entry procedures in the institutions of the criminal justice system, the reality is that survival requires maneuvering through the informal and often chaotic world of the streets. These men have to knit together for themselves the very services and supports that the state re-entry system starkly lacks. Through personal stories of re-entry—including relapse, recovery and redemption, Beyond the Wall puts a human face on the social, economic and emotional barriers encountered by returning citizens, their families and their communities
The screening will be immediately followed by a panel with:
Bestor Cram, Producer/Director
Jenny Phillips, Producer/Director
Louie Diaz, Navigator for Middlesex Sheriffs Department Matador Program
Moderated by The Boston Globe Asst. Metro Editor, Anica Butler
Wednesday, July 12, 7:30 pm
Coolidge Corner Theatre | Brookline, MA
STEP
STEP is the true-life story of a girls’ high-school step dance team against the background of the heart of Baltimore. These young women learn to laugh, love and thrive – on and off the stage – even when the world seems to work against them. Empowered by their teachers, teammates, counselors, coaches and families, they chase their ultimate dreams: to win a step championship and to be accepted into college. This all female school is reshaping the futures of its students’ lives by making it their goal to have every member of their senior class accepted to and graduate from college, many of whom will be the first in their family to do so. Deeply insightful and emotionally inspiring, STEP embodies the true meaning of sisterhood through a story of courageous young women worth cheering for.
The screening will be followed by a Q+A with Director/Producer Amanda Lipitz and Cast Members Blessin Giraldo, Cori Grainger, Tayla Solomon, Gari McIntyre, and Paula Dofat.
Moderated by The Boston Globe Arts Editor, Rebecca Ostriker
Monday, June 26, 7 pm
Somerville Theatre | Somerville, MA
CITY OF GHOSTS
A documentary that follows the efforts of “Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently,” a handful of anonymous activists who banded together after their homeland was taken over by ISIS in 2014. With deeply personal access, this is the story of a brave group of citizen journalists as they face the realities of life undercover, on the run, and in exile, risking their lives to stand up against one of the greatest evils in the world today.
The screening will be immediately followed by a Q+A moderated by The Boston Globe’s Jenna Russell.
Wednesday, May 31, 7 pm
Coolidge Corner Theatre, Moviehouse 2 | Brookline, MA
THE B-SIDE
Portrait photographer Elsa Dorfman found her medium in 1980: the larger-than-life Polaroid Land 20×24 camera. For the next thirty-five years she captured the “surfaces” of those who visited her Cambridge, Massachusetts studio: families, Beat poets, rock stars, and Harvard notables. As pictures begin to fade and her retirement looms, Dorfman gives Errol Morris an inside tour of her backyard archive.
Following the screening will be a panel with Errol Morris and Elsa Dorfman moderated by the Boston Globe’s, Mark Feeney.
