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Film Screening

Film Screening: The Economics of Happiness

Event info: Thursday 29 March 2012 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Note Different Location: Nate Smith House, 155 Lamartine St, JP Along with the JP New Economy Transition, the JP Forum is sponsoring a “New Economy” film series on the last Thursday of every month. We watch films about building a new economy that works for everyone in harmony with the planet. Help us choose the [...]

The Fruit of Our Labor: Afghan Perspectives on Film

Event info: Friday 2 March 2012 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Film Screening & Discussion Friday, 3/2, 7-9 PM First Church in Jamaica Plain, UU 6 Eliot St., Boston, MA, 02130 RSVP & Invite your friends on Facebook “[CSFilm] put cameras in the hands of Afghans and gave them training to make films about their lives. The result is an unprecedented intimate look at Afghan life [...]

DIRT! The Movie

Event info: Friday 12 March 2010 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

It’s under our feet and under our fingernails, but what is it? And how did it get there? Inspired by William Bryant Logan’s acclaimed book Dirt: The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth, find out how industrial farming, mining and urban development have led us toward cataclysmic droughts, starvation, floods and climate change. Dirt is a [...]

Tagged as: agriculture, climate change, ecological systems, food, greening

Film: Copyright Criminals: How do law and art sound together?

Event info: Friday 23 October 2009 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Copyright Criminals: This Is a Sampling Sport examines the creative and commercial value of musical sampling, including the related debates over artistic expression, copyright law, and (of course) money. This documentary traces the rise of hip-hop from the urban streets of New York to its current status as a multibillion-dollar industry. For more than thirty [...]

Tagged as: art, copyright, Hip Hop, law, sampling

Film: Young @ Heart

Event info: Sunday 20 December 2009 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Get ready to rock with the most entertaining golden oldies you will ever meet in the senior citizen’s choir Young@Heart. With a show only weeks away, they must learn a slate of new songs ranging from James Brown to Coldplay. The chorus’ director leads them through tough rehearsals, proving that rock and roll can be [...]

Tagged as: community, elderly, Singing

“Ask Not” Documentary Screening

Event info: Sunday 3 May 2009 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

ASK NOT is a rare and compelling exploration of the U.S. military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy. The film exposes the tangled political battles that led to the discriminatory law, and profiles charismatic activists determined to abolish it. As the war rages on, ASK NOT reveals personal stories of gay Americans who serve in combat [...]

Tagged as: LGBT, militarism, peace, social movements

“Taking Root” Documentary Screening

Event info: Friday 17 April 2009 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

TAKING ROOT tells the dramatic story of Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Wangari Maathai whose simple act of planting trees grew into a nationwide movement to safeguard the environment, protect human rights, and defend democracy-a movement for which this charismatic woman became an iconic inspiration.

Tagged as: Africa, community, environment, greening, Singing, social movements

“Traces of the Trade: A Story From the Deep North” Documentary Screening and Filmmaker Discussion

Event info: Sunday 8 March 2009 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Join us for a special screening of the acclaimed documentary “Traces of the Trade,” with filmmaker and JP-resident Katrina Browne. Featured on PBS and at the Sundance Film Festival, this film recounts Browne’s inquiry into the DeWolf family, her forefathers and the largest slave-trading family in U.S. history. “Traces of the Trade” follows ten DeWolf [...]

Tagged as: Africa, local, reparations, slavery, wealth

“Arusi-Persian Wedding” Documentary Screening

Event info: Friday 27 February 2009 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Iranian American filmmaker Marjan Tehrani chronicles her brother’s return to Iran during the start of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, as he travels with his American wife to have a traditional Persian wedding and explore his lost heritage. But, when Alex’s Iranian-born parents and Heather’s conservative American father meet for the first time, cultures clash [...]

Tagged as: Iran, marriage, Middle East

“The Dhamma Brothers” Film and Discussion

Event info: Thursday 11 December 2008 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

THE DHAMMA BROTHERS tells a dramatic tale of human potential and transformation as it closely follows and documents the stories of the prison inmates at Donaldson Correction Facility who enter into this arduous and intensive program. This film, with the power to dismantle stereotypes about men behind prison bars also gives you hope for the [...]

Tagged as: meditation, peace, prisons, race in America, reparations

All I Want for Christmas: Unplugging Consumption During the Holidays

Event info: Friday 14 November 2008 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

As the holiday shopping season looms ahead, is the “Shop-ocalypse” inevitable? Â Join us for an inspiring film and discussion about deescalating the consumption frenzy. We will show the hilarious film, “What Would Jesus Buy?” featuring performance-artist, the Reverend Billy and his Church of Stop Shopping Choir. Â Through retail interventions, corporate exorcisms, and some good old-fashioned [...]

Tagged as: art, community, consumption, economics, recession, Singing

“Pete Seeger and The Power of Song” Film and Singing

Event info: Sunday 19 October 2008 – 5:00pm to 7:30pm

Communities are created and strengthened through singing together: no one knew this better than one of Americaâ€™s most beloved folk singers, Pete Seeger. Come watch parts of the inspirational film, â€œThe Power of Songâ€ and observe Seegerâ€™s ability to bring great social issues into popular discussion through song. and sing a few tunes about social [...]

Tagged as: art, community, elderly, kids, Singing, social movements

“Lioness” Film and Discussion

Event info: Friday 10 October 2008 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

They went to Iraq as cooks, clerks, and mechanics and returned a year later as part of America’s first generation of female combat veterans. Despite an official government policy that states that women are not supposed to partake in direct ground combat, the five women featured here most certainly did. LIONESS, tells the story of [...]

Tagged as: gender, Middle East, military, peace, trauma, war

“Chicago 10″ Film and Discussion

Event info: Friday 19 September 2008 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

CHICAGO 10 is dramatic documentary that explores the build-up and unraveling of the 1968 Chicago Conspiracy Trial with Abby Hoffman, Tom Hayden, Bobbie Seale and Dave Dellinger. A parable of hope, courage and challenge as it portrays the struggle of young Americans speaking out and taking a stand in the face of an oppressive and [...]

Tagged as: history, politics, race in America, social movements

!Salud! Film and Discussion with Dr. Marty Schotz and Nancy Kohn

Event info: Friday 24 October 2008 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Find out what puts Cuba on the map in the quest for global health â€¦ Cuba has trained more than 30,000 medical doctors from over 68 countries, including 100 from the United States, for free. Now they are working with the poorest of the poor all across the globe. Learn about their battle for [...]

Tagged as: Cuba, health care

“New Year Baby” Documentary Screening and Discussion

Event info: Friday 30 May 2008 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Born in a Thai refugee camp on Cambodian New Year, filmmaker Socheata Poeuv grew up in the United States never knowing that her family had survived the Khmer Rouge genocide. In NEW YEAR BABY, she embarks on a journey to Cambodia in search of the truth and why her family’s history had been buried [...]

Tagged as: militarism, peace, reparations, social movements, South East Asia, war

“Unnatural Causes” Film Screening at English High School

Event info: Thursday 1 May 2008 – 6:00pm to 8:00pm

Thursday, May 1st:Â 6:00pm – reception, 6:30-8:30 – screening English High School Community Center, 144 McBride St., Jamaica Plain Refreshments will be served. “Unnatural Causes” is a documentary series that explores the racial and social inequalities in health. Please come to a special Jamaica Plain neighborhood viewing of the episode “Place Matters.” English-to-Spanish translation available. [...]

Tagged as: community, feedback, health care

“A Dream in Doubt” Documentary Screening

Event info: Friday 18 April 2008 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

It was the first hate-based murder in the wake of September 11, 2001–one of thousands of reported and unreported hate crimes in the years that followed. The victim: a turbaned Sikh man in Mesa, Arizona, where his family had sought religious freedom, searching for the American Dream. Meet a family still determined to believe in [...]

Tagged as: militarism, race in America, reparations

“King Corn” Potluck (6:30) and Screening (7:30)

Event info: Friday 14 March 2008 – 6:30pm to 9:00pm

Thanks to the resounding response from parents, our childcare slots available for this screening are now full.Â Join our email list to stay updated on future events with childcare! Join us for this potluck (at 6:30), documentary screening (at 7:30), and discussion with “King Corn” subject Ian Cheney. Have you been wondering why Americans are [...]

Tagged as: agriculture, environment, food, greening, social movements, urban sustainability

“Iron Ladies of Liberia”

Event info: Friday 22 February 2008 – 6:00pm to 6:01pm

Due to inclement weather, this event is being postponed. Please check this website for further updates, or join our email list for the most current information. Catch it on WGBH stations: Wednesday, March 19, 8 – 9pm, WGBH WORLD Sunday, March 23, 9 – 10pm, WGBX, Chanel 44 Sheâ€™s already overcome tremendous obstacles to become [...]

Tagged as: Africa, gender, militarism, peace, politics, social movements

“An Unreasonable Man” Documentary Screening

Event info: Friday 30 November 2007 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

First Church in Jamaica Plain, Unitarian Universalist, Parish Hall Whoever said, â€œOne person can make a differenceâ€ must have been talking about Ralph Nader. For over forty years Nader has taken on big business and corporate America all in the name of the people. But lately this consumer advocateâ€™s halo has been a bit tarnished. [...]

Tagged as: green party, history, political campaigns

“SiCKO” Documentary Screening and Discussion

Event info: Thursday 8 November 2007 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

First Church in Jamaica Plain, Unitarian Universalist Parish Hall 6 Eliot St. (Across from the Monument) Please come join us for the screening of Micheal Moore’s film “SiCKO,” followed by a discussion led by members of the Boston Liberation Health Group. We will discuss bill HR 676, the Expand and Improve Medicare For All Act. [...]

Tagged as: Cuba, economics, health care

“Miss Navajo” Documentary Screening

Event info: Friday 26 October 2007 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

First Church in Jamaica Plain, Unitarian Universalist, Parish Hall How many beauty contestants can say â€œI competed in a pageant where I butchered a sheep?â€ Crystal Frazier can. Follow this introverted, self-proclaimed tomboy as she makes bread, weaves a rug, sweats her way through a language quizâ€”and thatâ€™s just the first dayâ€”on her quest [...]

Tagged as: art, community, gender, history, native americans

“Please Vote For Me” Documentary Screening

Event info: Friday 12 October 2007 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

First Church in Jamaica Plain, Unitarian Universalist, Parish Hall Want to find out how democracy really works? Then head to China. Three eight-year-old studentsâ€”a charismatic challenger, a ruthless incumbent, and a thoughtful outsiderâ€”all campaign for the coveted position of class monitor in a third grade classroom in Wuhan, China. Hot debates. Backstabbing. Alliances. Move over [...]

Tagged as: China, democracy, kids

“Everything’s Cool” Documentary and Discussion with Ross Gelbspan

Event info: Friday 25 January 2008 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

First Church in Jamaica Plain, Unitarian Universalist 6 Eliot St. Jamaica Plain, MA EVERYTHING’S COOL is a film about America finally “getting” global warming in the wake of the most dangerous chasm ever to emerge between scientific understanding and political action. While industry funded nay-sayers sing what just might be their swan song of pseudo- [...]

Tagged as: climate, environment, preparation, urban sustainability

“Mapping Stem Cell Research: Terra Incognita”

Event info: Friday 11 January 2008 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Friday, January 11th at 7:00pm First Church in Jamaica Plain, Unitarian Universalist 6 Eliot St, Jamaica Plain, MA Some consider stem cell research the Holy Grail of regenerative medicine. Others view the idea as morally wrong. But what would you do if your child became paralyzed from the waist down and you had access to [...]

Tagged as: health care, stem cells