Anti-Racism Film Festival Friday, March 27th, Fri/Sat April 10-11th

All Souls Bethlehem Church, 566 East 7th Street (Cortelyou and Ditmas) will be exploring the subject of racism during a three day film festival. This event is co-sponsored by the Brooklyn for Peace Arts and Culture Committee. The festival grows out of the conviction that art is a powerful force for social change.

Friday Night March at 7PM

The Festival begins with “Walk With Me,” a documentary that tells the story of the Church of Gethsemane, located in Park Slope, ministry in working with the families of those incarcerated.

Friday Night April 10th at 7PM

The Academy Award-Winning documentary, “Taxi to the Dark.” This unflinching examination of torture and death inside US military prisons will be the foundation for a post-film discussion on both Islamaphobia and the misguided “War on Terror.”

Saturday April 11th at 1PM, 4PM & 7PM

1PM “Shenandoah”

This powerful documentary tells the story of four high school boys who murdered a Mexican immigrant. “Shenandoah” dissects the mob mentality of the small town in which the atrocity took place.

4PM: “Lilting”
This major motion picture, according to the Netflix review, “features intensely moving performances by Asian cinema’s legend Cheng Pei Pei as Junn, an immigrant mother grieving the untimely death of her only son Kai (Andrew Leung), and Ben Whishaw as her son’s lover, Richard. Jun’s grieving is disrupted by Richard’s visits and his attempts to communicate are first met with distrust. Richard hires Vann, a young translator, who helps piece together the tender memories of the man they both loved.”

7PM: “Slam”
Spoken word poets Saul Williams and Sonja Sohn star in this scathing critique of America’s racist judicial system and the burgeoning Prison Industrial Complex. The real-life artists at the heart of this powerful drama attest to the bridge between creativity and spiritual liberation.

www.allsoulsbethlehem.org

www.brooklypeace.org