The Indianapolis Film Festival is going on and I'd like to suggest two movies for moving, educating, and challenging you.
The two are “Beyond Belief,” about two 9/11 widows who devote themselves to helping war widows in Afghanistan ; and “The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo ,” which examines the use of rape as a socially and economically devastating weapon in Congo ’s brutal civil war. After each screening the audience will be invited to stay for a free-ranging discussion of the significance of the film, the issues it raised, how those issues touch us here in the US, and what we might be able to do to help find solutions.
For more information go to www.provocate.org or www.indyfilmfest.org. Here are the show times of the two films: “The Greatest Silence”:
Tuesday April 29, 5:45 PM (filmmaker Lisa Jackson will be present for this post-film discussion)
Thursday May 1, 1:00 PM
“Beyond Belief”
Saturday April 26, noon
Monday April 28, 5:45 PM
Wednesday April 30, 1:00 PM
Note the special appearance on April 29 by the maker of “Greatest Silence,” Emmy-winning director Lisa Jackson. This should be a particularly fascinating discussion. Ms Jackson will also discuss her film and other projects noon the next day, April 30, at Lockerbie Square United Methodist Church .
Please watch these clips below. We must know, even when this knowledge is painful, we must know.
"The words were everything. They were the whole of my life as I had ever felt it and the whole of beauty as I had ever dared to suspect it." P. Tickle
2 comments:
Unbelievable. I didn't even know The Film Festival was going on. When are you going to see them? Also, are you going on Thursday to the debates? I plan on it.
This will be my second opportunity to see The Greatest Silence, and I'm going to miss it again. You are so true...we have to educate ourselves on issues like these if we are going to be moved to do anything about them. I will pray that they both have a great turnout.
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