Community Cinema is a ground-breaking public education and civic engagement initiative featuring monthly screenings of films from the Emmy® Award-winning PBS series INDEPENDENT LENS. Every month between September and June, WEDU and Community Cinema bring together community members and organizations to learn, discuss and get involved in today’s critical social issues.
June, 2013
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LOVE FREE OR DIE
Bishop Gene Robinson of New Hampshire faces opposition in faith, love, marriage and homosexuality in the Episcopal Church.
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Wednesday, June 19 at 6:30 p.m. at Metro Wellness and Community Centers
This screening is free and open to the public. Seating is limited and RSVP is requested.
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Past Screenings
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HALF THE SKY
Event held September 20, 2012 | Photos
Inspired by his best-selling Pulitzer Prize-winning book, author Nicholas Kristof and celebrity activists travel to nine countries. Watch Preview
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AS GOES JANESVILLE
Event held October 29, 2012
Laid-off workers, business leaders and elected officials try to reinvent their lives and town amid the closure of their GM plant and America’s economic crisis. Watch Preview
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SOLAR MAMAS
Event held November 27, 2012
Rafea, a mother of four children with a husband eager to take a third wife, attends the Barefoot Collage in India to train to become a solar-energy engineer. Watch Preview
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SOUL FOOD JUNKIES
Event held January 23, 2013
Filmmakers look into the historical and controversial relationship between the African American community and soul food, and asks how dietary traditions affect the health of the community. Watch Preview
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THE POWERBROKER
Event held February 7, 2013
Civil rights leader Whitney Young faces criticism during the 1950s and 60s from African Americans who feel his methods are in contrast to with the Black Power Movement of the time. Watch Preview
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WONDER WOMEN!
Events held March 20 & 21, 2013
Discover the untold story of American superheroines. Kristy Guevara-Flanagan looks at how popular representations of powerful women often reflect society’s anxieties about women’s liberation. Watch Preview
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THE ISLAND PRESIDENT
Event held April 30, 2013
After bringing democracy to his country, President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives, the lowest-lying country in the world, takes up the fight to keep his homeland from disappearing under the sea.
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THE REVOLUTIONARY OPTIMISTS
Event held May14, 2013
A lawyer turned social entrepreneur empowers children in the poorest neighborhoods of Calcutta to take an active role in transforming their own lives. Watch Preview
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