Here is the list of movies and documentaries we have shared semi-regularly on Wednesday evenings at 7pm beginning in April 2020. These were motivated by an interest in building community during the pandemic and educating ourselves on topics of social justice, care for creation, and church history. Suggestions for further movies are welcome here.
Apr 29, May 4 I AM PATRICK (two showings)
May 20 Inside the Vatican
June 3 Revolution of the Heart: The Dorothy Day Story
June 8 & 10 “13th” (two showings)
June 17 Just Mercy
June 22 Fr. Bryan Massingale:: How the church can combat racism and white privilege
July 1 Monsenor: The Last Journey of Oscar Romero
July 8 John Lewis: Good Trouble
July 18 Walking the Good Red Road: Nicholas Black Elk’s Journey to Sainthood
July 29 Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution
Aug 5 I Am Not Your Negro (James Baldwin)
Aug 12 Immigration Nation
Aug 26 The Hate U Give
Sep 2 Here’s to the Women! (Linda Allen)
Sep 9 Radical Grace (US nuns)
Sep 16 Hunger and Hope: Lessons from Ethiopia and Guatemala (Rick Steves)
Nov 25 The Antidote (stories of kindness, decent, and the power of community in America)
Dec 2 Roses in December
Dec 9 Bending the Arc (Partners in Health)
Dec 23 The Nativity Story
Jan 13 From Jesus to Christ - The First Christians (Part 1)
Jan 20 From Jesus to Christ - The First Christians (Part 2)
Jan 27, Feb 1 “2040” (two showings)
Feb 10 Kiss the Ground
Feb 24 The Black Church (episode 1)
Mar 3 The Black Church (episode 2)
Apr 7 Undeterred (documentary on US Border Patrol buildup) and
Apr 7 Oh Mercy: Searching for Hope in the Promised Land (short documentary on desperate refugees and asylum seekers in a camp by the Rio Grande)
Apr 14 Dolores (documentary about Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the United Farm Workers union)
Apr 21 The Condor and the Eagle
Apr 28 Lecture by Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer, author of “Braiding Sweetgrass"
May 26 Francesco (https://www.francescofilm.com)
June 9 Homeboy Joy Ride (https://www.wholehearted.org/title/homeboy-joy-ride/)
June 16 Building a Bridge (https://www.buildingabridgefilm.com)
June 30 Rebel Hearts (https://www.rebelheartsfilm.com)
Aug 25 A Life On Our Planet (David Attenborough 2020 documentary)
Sept 1 Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972 Franco Zeffirelli movie about St Francis of Assisi, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brother_Sun,_Sister_Moon)
Sept 8 Paris to Pittsburgh (www.paristopittsburgh.com)
Sept 15 Fantastic Fungi (https://fantasticfungi.com)
Sept 22 Invisible Hand (2020) (https://www.invisiblehandfilm.com/)
Sept 29 YOUTH v GOV (2020) (https://www.youthvgovfilm.com/)
Oct 4 YOUTH v GOV (2020) (2nd showing)
Oct 13 My Name is Pauli Murray (2021)
Oct 20 The Berrigans: Devout and Dangerous (2021) (https://theberrigansmovie.com)
Oct27 The Book of Life (2014) Animated film for the Day of the Dead
Nov 10 CODA (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CODA_(2021_film)
Dec 1 The Women the Vatican Couldn't Silence (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fv1tV9tUbh4)
Dec 9 Foreclosing on Faith (https://www.foreclosingonfaith.org/)
Dec 11 Foreclosing on Faith -- 2nd showing (https://www.foreclosingonfaith.org/)
Jan 19 Coded Bias (https://www.codedbias.com)
Jan 26 Extinction: The Facts (https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/sir-attenborough-s-extinction-facts-shows-how-things-got-so-bad)
Feb 9 Roosevelt High School: Beyond Black and White (https://rhs4racialequity.org/roosevelt-high-school-beyond-black-white/)
Feb 23 The Price of Freedom (https://www.thepriceoffreedommovie.com)
Mar 9 The Chosen, Ep 1: I Have Called You By Name, Ep 2: Shabbat (https://watch.angelstudios.com/thechosen)
Mar 16 The Chosen, Ep 3: Jesus Loves the Little Children, Ep. 4: The Rock On Which It Is Built (https://watch.angelstudios.com/thechosen)
Mar 23 The Chosen, Ep 5: The Wedding Gift, Ep. 6: Indescribable Compassion (https://watch.angelstudios.com/thechosen)
Mar 30 The Chosen, Ep 6: Invitations, Ep. 7: I Am He (https://watch.angelstudios.com/thechosen)
Apr 20 The Story of Plastic (https://www.storyofstuff.org/movies/the-story-of-plastic-documentary-film/)
May 11 I Am Israel (iamisraelfilmcom) and 2013: Seeds of Conflict (http://1913seedsofconflict.com )
Oct 18. The Letter (https://theletterfilm.org)
Oct 25 Suppressed and Sabotaged: The Fight to Vote (https://www.bravenewfilms.org/suppressed)
Nov 1. Going Home Like a Shooting Star: Thea Bowman's Journey to Sainthood (https://catholicnews.com/new-documentary-on-sister-thea-bowman-highlights-her-faith-justice-work/)
Nov 8. Beyond Climate Despair: Reclaiming Hope in a Warming World (seminar presentation by Dr. Jennifer Atkinson (https://www.drjenniferatkinson.com/)
Nov 15. Bonhoeffer (https://www.christiancinema.com/digital/movie/bonhoeffer, https://youtu.be/_9vqxljH6Ok)
Nov 22. An American Conscience: The Reinhold Niebuhr Story (https://www.kpbs.org/news/arts-culture/2017/07/20/american-conscious-reinhold-niebuhr-story, https://youtu.be/Vfn4RdDpng4 )
Dec 1. Revolution of the Heart: The Dorothy Day Story ( https://vimeo.com/ondemand/revolutionoftheheart)
Dec 15. Backs Against the Wall: The Howard Thurman Story ( https://www.mpt.org/stationrelations/backs-against-the-wall/, https://youtu.be/wVl_irB59lM/)
2023 -- Note: movies are now being shared on zoom on Thursday evenings at 7pm. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83839671043?pwd=NENlelB1dWZvZHVTTmRuS04xQ0tQUT09
Jan 12 . Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story (https://www.pbs.org/video/religion-ethics-newsweekly-abraham-joshua-heschel/)
Jan 19
Jan 26. Taking Root: The Vision of Environmentalist Wangari Maathai (https://takingrootfilm.com)
Feb 2. Chasing Ice (https://chasingice.com)
Feb 9. The Melting Ice of the Arctic: Signs of Change (https://youtu.be/GystZIxWQ3o), The Melting Ice of the Arctic: Who Owns the North (https://youtu.be/Hz6xkR4mNlo)
Feb 16 People of God: How Catholic Parish Life is Changing in the United States (https://www.americamagazine.org/people-of-god-parish-documentary)
Feb 23 No St Pat's movie, but a recommendation to register for Our Sacred Obligation, being screened by Washington Conservation Action. Register at https://waenvironment.cmail19.com/t/i-l-qhkdhdy-urdtidutr-r/.
Mar 2. No St Pat's movie, but a. recommendation to attend the in-person screening of Wonderfully Made: LGBTQ+R(eligion), being screened at Seattle Univ Pigott Auditorium at 6pm, including Q&A with film director and executive producer. Register at https://seattleux.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4ZrDPdU0WCJYIse.
Mar 9. Inhabitants: Indigenous Perspectives on Restoring Our World (https://www.inhabitantsfilm.com)
Mar 16. Movie night cancelled due to St Patrick's Day Party at St Joe's
Mar 23. To The End (https://www.totheendfilm.com)
April 20. The Current Revolution: A film series for America’s Energy Transition (https://www.amresproject.org/current-revolution-series)
May 4. The Year the Earth Changed (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Year_Earth_Changed)
May 18 Nasrin (https://www.nasrinfilm.com)
June 8. An Alaska State of Mind: The Salmon Way and King of Fish: The Thousand Year Fall of Salmon (https://www.seattleu.edu/ictc/laudato-si-action-platform/su-lsap-events/turning-the-tide-for-ecology/)
Note: The zoom link has changed to https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83839671043?pwd=NENlelB1dWZvZHVTTmRuS04xQ0tQUT09
I might have to get a subscription for the Discovery+ streaming service. They have acquired rights to "Rebel Hearts" (see above), which will be available sometime later this year, and to "Francesco". The film website (www.francescofilm.com) says: "FRANCESCO is not a biographical film about Pope Francis in the traditional sense. Rather it is a film that shows us the world as it is today and a path to understanding what a better future can be for tomorrow as seen through the remarkable work of the Pope in the areas of climate change, migration, refugees, peace and religious tolerance, gender and identity justice, health and economic equality, and, by example, the meaning of inspired leadership. "
Suggestions and comments on possible movies to be shown in the future can be posted here. Here are some recent suggestions.
Two movies recently shown at the Sundance Film Festival are definitely of interest, once they become available.
- Rebel Hearts (sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Saint Mary in the 1960s)
- My Name is Pauli Murray (black, non-binary, priest, poet, lawyer, professor, friend of Elanor Roosevelt, civil/black rights activist)
And for Care for Creation:
- A Life on Our Planet (David Attenborough)
- Brother Sun, Sister Moon, the 1972 Franco Zeffirelli movie about St Francis of Assissi (a considerable change in style from our sequence of documentaries!)