Civic Cinema
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Civic Cinema
Civic Cinema
Civic Cinema
This series aims to prompt meaningful conversation and deliver real world steps to improve the civic bonds in our communities.All films in the series are presented with free admission.
Civic Cinema is a nonpartisan series, and will not be fundraising for nor promoting any particular political candidates or parties. The series' intention is to catalyze discussion with local community leaders and organizers in a post-screening talkback. Additionally, different nonprofits and grassroots organizations will be present each evening to table before the screening in Images Cinema’s new lounge.
Timeline for each evening:
6pm: Tabling and social hour with participating organizations
7pm: Film screening
845pm: Talkback with local community leaders and organizers .
Bad Faith
(2024)
Mon 9/23 at 7pm
Co-sponsored by the Williams College Chaplains' Office and First Congregational Church Williamstown
On January 6, 2021, Americans witnessed an attack on the U.S. Capitol without precedent in our history. Armed militiamen and QAnon followers made headlines, but among them were a sea of crosses and Christian flags, rosaries and "Jesus Saves" signs. What motivated so many Christians to participate in this violent assault?
Join or Die
(2024)
Mon 9/30 at 7pm
Follow the half-century story of America's civic unraveling through the journey of legendary social scientist Robert Putnam, whose groundbreaking "Bowling Alone" research into America's decades-long decline in community connections could hold the answers to our democracy's present crisis.
Flanked by influential fans and scholars — from Hillary Clinton, Pete Buttigieg, and Surgeon General Vivek Murthy to Eddie Glaude Jr., Raj Chetty, and Priya Parker — as well as inspiring groups building community in neighborhoods across the country, join Bob as he explores three urgent civic questions: What makes democracy work? Why is American democracy in crisis? And, most importantly… What can we do about it?
Girls State
(2024)
Mon 10/7 at 7pm
A look at what American democracy would look like in the hands of teenage girls. Young female leaders from wildly different backgrounds navigate an immersive experiment to build a government from the ground up.
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