Tuesday Night Film
The All Souls Documentary Series shows a film at 7p.m. each Tuesday. Our series emphasizes quality films with social justice themes that rarely make it to conventional movie theaters. Mike McKelly, our in–house film guru and Carolyn Macdonald long time coordinator of our locally recognized Forum lecture series co-facilitate this acclaimed documentary series.
Each screening is followed by a lively facilitated discussion. Admission is free and popcorn and snacks are available for a very nominal fee. No tickets or reservations are needed. The public is welcome!
Tuesday, May 6 – 7:00 p.m.
Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick?
Unnatural Cause is a seven-part six-hour-long series exploring racial and
socio-economic inequalities in health – and searches for their root
causes. Episodes 1 and 2 will be shown tonight. Episodes 3, 5, and 6 will
be shown on May 27.
Episode 1: In Sickness and In Wealth (56 min)
Health and longevity are correlated with socio-economic status, people of
color face an additional health burden, and our health and well-being are
tied to policies that promote economic and social justice.
Episode 2: When the Bough Breaks (29 min)
Infant mortality rates among African Americans remain twice as high as among
whites. Researchers are circling in on the added burden of racism as a long-term
risk factor.
Tuesday, May 13 – 7:00 p.m.
Mother Wove the Morning
This is a one-woman play written and acted by Carol Lynn Pearson that was
first performed in 1989 and since taken around the country and abroad. Sixteen
women throughout history search for the Feminine Divine. The women in the
play begin with Bruen the Paleolithic (20,000 B.C.) and end with Carol Lynn
Pearson (today).
Tuesday, May 20 – 7:00 p.m.
Sunset Story
Sunset Hall, founded in 1923, is a "retirement home for free-thinking
elderly," integrating aging with progressive activism The film goes
inside the world of two women, Irja (81) and Lucille (95), whose feisty
engagement with life draws them together inextricably
Tuesday, May 27 – 7:00 p.m.
Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick?
Episode 3: Becoming American (29 min)
The longer Mexican Americans are here, the worse their relative health becomes,
even as their socioeconomic status improves. Can community and labor organizing
reverse the downward trend?
Episode 5: Place Matters (29 min)
Recent Southeast Asian and Latino immigrants are moving into what have been
neglected Black urban neighborhoods—and now their health is being
eroded too. What local actions can make a difference?
Episode 6: Collateral Damage (29 min)
U.S. occupation, military policy and globalization impact people’s
health--often in unanticipated ways