Documentaries and Discussion
Next session: Wednesday, January 27, 2027 | 5:00pm-7:15pm
Details:
Join us on the 4th Wednesday of each month to explore new topics through revealing documentary films. Showings will be followed with thoughtful discussions and conversation..
June 25 - Paper Clips
A teacher searches for an effective way to teach students about the scale of the Holocaust, using paper clips to represent Jews who perished. A moving and inspiring documentary suitable for all. (2004, 1h 22m, G)
July 23 - Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas
Directed and produced by Roger Ross Williams, this hybrid documentary/scripted feature is based on National Book Award-winner Ibram X. Kendi’s non-fiction work of the same name. Using innovative animation and expert insights, the film takes an expansive look at the origin of racist ideas about Black people, including the idea that much of the systemic racism and prejudiced ideas aligned against Black people even now was deliberately created to justify their enslavement and exploitation. (2023, 1h 31m, R)
August 27 - Slavery by Another Name: The Reenslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II
How insidious new forms of forced labor emerged in the American South, keeping hundreds of thousands African Americans in bondage within brutal systems which persist until the onset of WWII. (2012, 1h 24 m)
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The Center