THIRD SEASON OF DIVERSITY FILM SERIES STARTS IN OCTOBER 2019
OCTOBER'S KICK-OFF FEATURES CINEMABILITY: THE ART OF INCLUSION
(EDMONDS, WA) - THE EDMONDS DIVERSITY FILM SERIES BEGINS ITS THIRD
SEASON THIS MONTH, WITH
THE FIRST SCREENINGS ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19H
AT NOON AT THE EDMONDS THEATER. SCREENINGS WILL
BE OFFERED FREE TO THE PUBLIC AND ARE SCHEDULED FOR THE THIRD
SATURDAYS OF THE MONTH, OCTOBER
THROUGH APRIL (EXCEPT DECEMBER). EACH SCREENING PRESENTS A FILM, OR
FILMS, RELATED TO DIFFERENT
TOPICS OR GROUPS REPRESENTING DIVERSE POPULATIONS AND EXPERIENCES.
AFTER EACH SCREENING THERE
IS A BRIEF OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMENT AND DIALOGUE.
CINEMABILITY: THE ART OF INCLUSION KICKS THE SEASON OFF ON OCTOBER
19TH, A FILM ABOUT DISABILITIES
PORTRAYED WITHIN THE HOLLYWOOD MOVIE INDUSTRY, FEATURING SUCH
HOLLYWOOD HEAVYWEIGHTS AS
JAMIE FOXX, JANE SEYMOUR, BEN AFFLECK AND GEENA DAVIS AMONG OTHERS.
FILMMAKER JENNI GOLD
EXPLORES DISABILITY STORY LINES IN FILM, TELEVISION AND ADVERTISING TO
SEE IF THE MEDIA HAVE HELPED
SOCIETAL INCLUSION FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.
ON NOVEMBER 16TH, LIONESS PRESENTS THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE FIRST
GROUP OF WOMEN SOLDIERS IN
US HISTORY TO BE SENT INTO DIRECT GROUND COMBAT, IN VIOLATION OF
OFFICIAL POLICY. TOLD THROUGH
INTIMATE ACCOUNTS, JOURNAL EXCERPTS, ARCHIVE FOOTAGE, AS WELL AS
INTERVIEWS WITH MILITARY
COMMANDERS, THE FILM FOLLOWS FIVE WOMEN WHO SERVED TOGETHER FOR A YEAR
IN IRAQ. WITH
CAPTIVATING DETAIL, THIS PROBING DOCUMENTARY REVEALS THE UNEXPECTED
COURSE OF EVENTS THAT
BEGAN WITH USING US WOMEN SOLDIERS TO DEFUSE TENSIONS WITH LOCAL
CIVILIANS, BUT RESULTED IN THE
WOMEN FIGHTING IN SOME OF THE BLOODIEST COUNTER-INSURGENCY BATTLES OF
THE WAR.
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THIS MOVIE WILL BE FOLLOWED BY THE SHORT, CHARLIE & SAM. THIS MOVIE
DELVES INTO THE WORLD WAR
II GENERATION AND THEIR LIFE AND WARTIME EXPERIENCE BY SHOWCASING A
REUNION OF TWO WWII VETS
FOR A FINAL FAREWELL.
WITH A BREAK FOR THE HOLIDAYS IN DECEMBER, THE SERIES PICKS UP AGAIN
IN THE NEW YEAR.
ON JANUARY 18, 2020, THE FLORIDA PROJECT, IS AN AWARD-WINNING
PORTRAYAL OF A SINGLE MOTHER AND
CHILDREN EKING OUT AN EXISTENCE IN THE SHADOW OF THE MOST MAGICAL
PLACE ON EARTH, DISNEYWORLD.
SIX-YEAR-OLD MOONEE AND HER TWO BEST FRIENDS FORGE THEIR OWN
ADVENTURES, WHILE MOONEE'S
STRUGGLING MOM AND WILLIAM DAFOE AS A KIND-HEARTED MOTEL MANAGER,
PROTECT THE KIDS FROM THE
HARSH REALITY THAT SURROUNDS THEM.
ON FEBRUARY 15, 2020, THE MOVIE 13TH IS A 2016 AMERICAN DOCUMENTARY
BY DIRECTOR AVA
DUVERNAY. THE FILM EXPLORES THE "INTERSECTION OF RACE, JUSTICE, AND
MASS INCARCERATION IN THE
UNITED STATES.” IT IS TITLED AFTER THE THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT TO THE
US CONSTITUTION WHICH
ABOLISHED SLAVERY AND ENDED INVOLUNTARY SERVITUDE EXCEPT AS A
PUNISHMENT FOR CONVICTION OF A
CRIME. DUVERNAY CONTENDS THAT SLAVERY HAS BEEN PERPETUATED SINCE THE
END OF THE CIVIL
WAR THROUGH CRIMINALIZING BEHAVIOR AND ENABLING POLICE TO ARREST POOR
FREEDMEN AND FORCE
THEM TO WORK FOR THE STATE UNDER CONVICT LEASING; SUPPRESSION OF
AFRICAN AMERICANS
BY DISENFRANCHISEMENT, LYNCHINGS AND JIM CROW; POLITICIANS DECLARING A
WAR ON DRUGS THAT WEIGH
MORE HEAVILY ON MINORITY COMMUNITIES AND, BY THE LATE 20TH CENTURY,
MASS INCARCERATION OF
PEOPLE OF COLOR IN THE UNITED STATES.
MARCH 21, 2020 FEATURES IN THE FAMILY. BEGINNING WITH HER STORY OF
TESTING POSITIVE FOR THE
FAMILIAL BREAST CANCER MUTATION (BRCA), FILMMAKER JOANNA RUDNICK
CHRONICLES THE LIVES OF
SEVERAL WOMEN CURRENTLY UNDERGOING THE PROCESS OF GENETIC TESTING --
FOLLOWING THEM FROM THEIR
DECISION TO SEEK TESTING, THROUGH THE TESTING PROCESS, AND ONTO THE
AFTERMATH AS THEY COME TO
TERMS WITH THE INFORMATION THEY RECEIVE.
AND TO WRAP UP THE SEASON, ON APRIL 18, 2020 TWO MOVIES WILL BE
SCREENED:
FAT BOY CHRONICLES, FEATURING AN OVERWEIGHT TEEN WHO FOCUSES ON HIS
GOALS OF LOSING WEIGHT AND
GETTING THE GIRL OF HIS DREAMS DESPITE BEING TEASED AND TORMENTED BY
HIS CLASSMATES.
AND THE SHORT, ON BEAUTY. FROM EMMY-NOMINATED FILMMAKER JOANNA RUDNICK
(IN THE FAMILY)
COMES A STORY ABOUT CHALLENGING NORMS AND REDEFINING BEAUTY. ON BEAUTY
FOLLOWS FASHION
PHOTOGRAPHER RICK GUIDOTTI, WHO LEFT THE FASHION WORLD WHEN HE GREW
FRUSTRATED WITH HAVING TO
WORK WITHIN THE RESTRICTIVE PARAMETERS OF THE INDUSTRY’S STANDARD OF
BEAUTY. AFTER A CHANCE
ENCOUNTER WITH A YOUNG WOMAN WHO HAD THE GENETIC CONDITION, ALBINISM,
RICK REFOCUSED HIS
LENS ON THOSE TOO OFTEN RELEGATED TO THE SHADOWS IN ORDER TO CHANGE
THE WAY WE SEE AND
EXPERIENCE BEAUTY.
MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT THE FILMS, INCLUDING FULL SYNOPSES
AND MOVIE TRAILERS, IS
AVAILABLE AT DIVERSITY.EDMONDSWA.GOV ALL MOVIES ARE FREE TO THE PUBLIC
AND ARE SCREENED AT
NOON AT THE EDMONDS THEATER, 415 MAIN STREET, AN ADA-ACCESSIBLE
FACILITY.
THE EDMONDS DIVERSITY FILM SERIES IS SPONSORED BY THE EDMONDS
DIVERSITY COMMISSION, RICK
STEVES’ EUROPE, MYEDMONDSNEWS, THE EDMONDS CENTERS FOR THE ARTS, AND
THE EDMONDS
THEATER.
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