Beacon Film Society presents…

STARRING JERRY AS HIMSELF

Thursday April 9, 2026
7:30p (7p doors)

Howland Cultural Center 

477 Main Street  Beacon NY  12508

Q&A with producer Jonathan Hsu, director Law Chen and director of photography Tinx Chan to follow the screening.

A genre-bending hybrid documentary/narrative about Jerry Hsu, a retired Taiwanese immigrant in Florida scammed out of his life savings.

After an unsettling call from a Chinese police officer puts Jerry on his heels, he agrees join an undercover operation that sends him into a spiral of secrecy and self-destruction.

What follows is a rare film that exists along the fine line between fact and fiction, one that confronts memory, nostalgia, human frailty and fallibility, the pursuit of the ‘America dream’, and the seductive traps that fraudsters set to prey upon our aging population.

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 ~ GRAND JURY AWARD ~
Slamdance Film Festival

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“ Starring Jerry as Himself can be filed under ‘truth is stranger than fiction.’ ”

– RogerEbert.com

“… participatory nature offers something new for true crime”

-POV Magazine

“… a remarkable accomplishment”

– Cinema Escapist

“100% Fresh”

– Rotten Tomatoes

Jonathan Hsu has been making films ever since his father gave him the family’s Digi8 Camcorder to document their family travels. Since then he has produced multiple award winning commercials, music videos, and films. He founded his commercial production services company HsuBox Productions Inc. with the mission to share and produce content that is as diverse as his crew and clients.

Jonathan is an alumni of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. He recently Executive Produced the horror movie “A Wounded Fawn” for Tribeca 2022’s Midnight Program and also the short film “Closing Dynasty” for the inaugural Netflix x Gold House x Tribeca 2022 Future Gold Fellowship. He is a member of the DPA, A-Doc, IDA, Gotham, and Film Independent.

Law Chen is an award winning director based in Brooklyn. His narrative, documentary, and commercial films have earned 19 Cannes Lions, as well as multiple Webby Awards and Vimeo Staff Picks. His genre-bending first feature STARRING JERRY AS HIMSELF tells the true story about an ordinary immigrant dad retired in Florida who becomes a spy for the Chinese police. It won the Grand Jury, Audience, and Best Actor awards at Slamdance along with a dozen other awards at more than thirty international festivals. Law is dedicated to telling diverse stories with a focus on immigrants and the pursuit of the American Dream.

Tinx Chan is a cinematographer from Brooklyn, New York with over 15 years of experience in feature films, commercials, TV and documentaries. Tinx has traveled the world bringing award winning directors’ visions to screen. His work has been featured in American Cinematographer Magazine and in festivals worldwide. He was recently the cinematographer of the 2022 Tribeca film Our Father, The Devil as well as 2nd Unit on Todd Solondz’s Wiener Dog. Tinx is a member of the IATSE600 Cinematographer’s Guild and a recipient of ICG’s 2019 Emerging Cinematographer Award.

Beacon Film Society presents…

RIVER OF GRASS

Thursday March 19, 2026
7:30p (7p doors)

Howland Cultural Center 

477 Main Street  Beacon NY  12508

Q&A with writer/director Sasha Wortzel to follow the screening.

RIVER OF GRASS is a present-day reimagining of environmentalist Marjory Stoneman Douglas’s celebrated book, “The Everglades: River of Grass,” (1947), which forever changed the public’s understanding of the area from worthless swamps to an essential source of freshwater, enabling the ecosystem to endure, just barely, today.

In the wake of a hurricane, Douglas visits filmmaker Sasha Wortzel in a dream, catalyzing a prismatic journey across the Everglades with Miccosukee educator and activist Betty Osceola. We meet a mother taking on the polluting sugar industry; a two-spirit Miccosukee environmentalist and poet; a mother-daughter team removing snakes wreaking havoc on the ecosystem; and a family who have fished in the Everglades for six generations. Interweaving Douglas’s writing, personal narration, present-day verité, and archival footage,

RIVER OF GRASS reveals how this country’s origin story haunts and inextricably shapes contemporary American life, while asking how we might weather coming storms better together.

“Winking and wondrous… bewitching”

-Robert Daniels / RogerEbert.com

“A vivid love letter to the land and a call for its protection”

-Pat Mulen / POV Magazine

Sasha Wortzel (Director, Producer, Editor) is an award-winning filmmaker and interdisciplinary artist. Raised in Southwest Florida and based in New York City, Wortzel specifically attends to sites and stories systematically erased or ignored from these regions’ histories. Wortzel is a recipient of a 2023 Guggenheim Fellowship in Film-Video. Her films have screened world-wide at venues including MoMA DocFortnight, CPH:DOX, True/False, San Francisco International, Hot Docs, Dokufest, Wexner Center for the Arts, and Smithsonian American Art Museum. Her expanded cinematic work has been exhibited at the New Museum, The International Center for Photography, and The Kitchen, among others. Wortzel is a 2023 MacDowell Fellowship, 2020 Oolite Arts Ellies Award, and 2017 NYFA Fellowship. RIVER OF GRASS is her first feature documentary. The film has received institutional support from Sundance, Ford Foundation, Field of Vision, Doc Society, Chicken & Egg Pictures, and Sandbox Films. Her short films include HOW TO CARRY WATER (2023), an IDA Awards nominee for best short documentary and currently streaming on Criterion Channel; THIS IS AN ADDRESS (2020) distributed by Field of Vision; and HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MARSHA! (2018; co-director Tourmaline) which won special mention at Outfest. Her artwork is in the permanent collections of the Brooklyn Museum, Studio Museum of Harlem, Leslie Lohman Museum of Art, and Miami-Dade County Art in Public Places. She has been featured in The New York Times, Artforum, and Art in America.

Beacon Film Society presents…

WE CAN BE HEROES

Thursday February 26, 2026
7p (6:30 doors)

Howland Cultural Center 

477 Main Street  Beacon NY  12508

Q&A with film participant, collaborator and cast member Judson Packard to follow the screening.

Sometimes, finding your tribe requires a bit of magic.  Deep in the forest, where fur-lined armor is handmade and lightsaber combat is a daily ritual, a group of teens embark on a quest of legendary proportions. For attendees of a live action role-playing (LARP) camp in upstate New York, the accepting environment gives neurodivergent, queer, and self-proclaimed “nerdy” teens the space for true self-discovery. As the campers immerse themselves in an imaginative world, they discover inner strength and emerge as heroes.

“We Can Be Heroes is a documentary
that makes your heart swell”

-D. Feinberg (Hollywood Reporter)

“In a time where we are constantly overwhelmed by news of turbulence and uncertainty, we hope the film will inspire you to look around with fresh eyes and find all that we can still be — and need to be — hopeful for.”

– film director Carina Mia Wong

Judson Easton Packard graduated from Kansas State with a Bachelor’s degree in English and from Rutgers with an MFA in Creative Writing. They have been involved with the Wayfinder Experience since 2003 when they first came as a camper. They were on the Rules and Regulations board from 2013-2018. Before that they served the community by serving on the Hiring Board, and working every event they were given the opportunity to. They believe in hill trolls and LARP because the costumes bring out their eyes. In 2023 Judson became an owner as well.  

 Judson was a key influence, participant and collaborator of the this documentary, which premiered at SXSW. 

Beacon Film Society presents…

MATCH IN A HAYSTACK

Thursday October 16, 2025
7:30p (7p doors open)

Howland Cultural Center 

477 Main Street  Beacon NY  12508

Q&A with film editor Arielle Sherman will follow the screening.

When Russia invaded, the women of Ukraine’s leading contemporary dance group struggled to find purpose in their work. A search for resistance ultimately led them back to dance.

Dance becomes an act of bravery in Match in a Haystack, a new documentary film following a dance troupe in Ukraine directed by Joe Hill and executive produced by Misty Copeland, the first African American woman to be promoted to principal dancer at the American Ballet Theatre. 

“The message of Match in a Haystack is that art is resistance, that creation in the face of destruction is an assertion of humanity, identity, culture.”

–LA Times Film Critic Katie Walsh

Arielle Sherman is an Emmy award winning NYC based film and television editor. She began her professional career working as an assistant editor, and VFX editor on many critically acclaimed and commercially successful feature films and television series before shifting into editing full time.

Arielle has always believed in the power of storytelling through visual mediums. Through editing, she is able to experiment with and expound on the boundaries of both narrative and visual aesthetics.

She is a born and raised Californian and currently lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Beacon Film Society presents…

BOUND

7p Tuesday May 6, 2025

The Beacon Movie Theater 

445 Main Street  Beacon NY  12508

A meet-and-greet with the filmmaker will be hosted across the street from the theater at Kitchen & Coffee at 6pm prior to the screening,

Q&A with film director Isaac Hirotsu Woofter will follow the screening

 “It’s balanced, well shot, compelling and an absolute gem of an indie film.”

-Film Carnage

Isaac Hirotsu Woofter’s feature directorial debut throws us into an urban labyrinth where Bella (Alexandra Faye Sadeghian), a young woman escaping an abusive home life, ignites a narrative as resilient as it is evocative. This isn’t just a story—it’s an emotional roller coaster where past injustices and hopeful futures clash with enthusiasm. The film intertwines drama and thriller elements, presenting a profound exploration of the human spirit and the intricate dance of family ties.

Isaac Hirotsu Woofter is a NYC based actor and filmmaker. He wrote the screenplay for Steven Seagal’s action movie, THE BUSHIDO BUTCHER, for Shadow Box Pictures and Aldamisa Entertainment. His work has been selected in dozens of Festivals, received countless nominations, and multiple awards.

As a director, Isaac’s written, produced, and directed book trailers for multiple New York Times Best Selling Authors. As an actor, Isaac’s played numerous lead and title roles, including the Tony award-winning Broadway show WAR HORSE. In 2008, he was nominated alongside Patrick Stewart, for Best Supporting Actor in a Shakespeare Play.

Beacon Film Society presents…

VALVE TURNERS

7p Tuesday April 22, 2025

The Beacon Movie Theater 

445 Main Street  Beacon NY  12508

Q&A moderated by BEACON CLIMATE ACTION NOW with director Steve Bonds-Liptay & cinematographer Deia Schlosberg will follow the screening

A small group of activists travel to remote valve sites and take a daring stand against the fossil fuel industry. Acting in solidarity with Standing Rock, they carefully plan a bid to disrupt the entire flow of tar sands oil from Canada into the United States. Pipelines carrying 2.8 million barrels per day are halted, eliciting a firm counteraction from the fossil fuel industry and local authorities. Charged with 27 felonies and 15 misdemeanors, they face a protracted legal battle at district courts in Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana and Washington. At jury trials in each state, their team of attorneys to defend their actions as a necessary response to the climate emergency.

2025 Wild & Scenic – Spirit of Activism Award WINNER

2024 DCTV Climate Film Fest   –  Jury Award WINNER

From the Boston Tea Party to the Greensboro Four,

the American story is punctuated by ambitious small groups engaging in nonviolent resistance against injustice and the abuse of power. Again and again, people organize and use nonviolent tactics to galvanize the public around pressing issues.

I write this as the 2025 fires in Los Angeles are upending countless lives. The momentum of the climate emergency feels relentless and the fossil fuel industry’s grip on our lives, our politics and our economy can seem insurmountable.

In the years ahead, what will be our collective response? When political systems are captured by corporate interests, what will spur them to act? And if governments are unable to protect us, at what point must we take matters into our own hands?

These are difficult questions that the public continues to grapple with. They afford no easy answers. My hope is that VALVE TURNERS can support and amplify the ongoing conversations around direct action and legal strategies that challenge and expose the fossil fuel industry and their political allies.

Steve Bonds-Liptay

Steve Bonds-Liptay contributed cinematography and editing to the award-winning HBO documentary “How to Let Go of the World and Love All the Things Climate Can’t Change” which premiered at Sundance 2016. That same year, he co-directed and produced DIVEST!, a concert film about fossil fuel divestment and began filming VALVE TURNERS. Steve’s photography has appeared in Rolling Stone, The New York Times and The Boston Globe.

Beacon Film Society presents…

WITH PETER BRADLEY

7p Tuesday March 25, 2025

The Beacon Movie Theater 

445 Main Street  Beacon NY  12508

Q&A moderated by Terry Nelson with director Alex Rappoport will follow the screening

When filmmaker Alex Rappoport met then 79-year-old abstract artist Peter Bradley in early 2020, Bradley hadn’t sold many paintings or had a major show in over four decades – yet he still painted every day in his shipping-container studio, heated by a wood stove, no matter what the weather. Over time, Rappoport recorded Bradley’s fascinating life story, which occupies a unique and inexplicably overlooked place in 20th century art history. Bradley was one of the first important Black gallery dealers in the 1970s, likely the first Black abstract artist represented by a major New York City gallery, and curator of one of the first integrated art shows in America. As Bradley tells it, all this unfolds amidst the systemic racism of both society in general and the art world in particular.

Talented & willful, Peter Bradley lived life to its fullest – until he fell upon hard times and drug abuse in the 1980s that nearly ended his career.  He now lives in an eclectic 18th century stone house in upstate New York with his wife and on-screen companion Rudolph the housecat. When COVID shut down most of the world, Alex started spending his days filming and deepening his friendship with Peter, a process which spanned more than a year. The result is a revealing 90-minute film about an extraordinary life.

WITH PETER BRADLEY is an intimate, provocative series of conversations with the now 81-year-old abstract painter and sculptor. At turns bitter and humorous, the recounting of Bradley’s rise to success as an artist – and subsequent fall from grace – unfolds against the backdrop of seasonal change at his rural home and studio.

Alex was nominated for an Emmy Award for his work on the PBS series “Egg: The Arts Show”. His documentary short film, “Standpipe Siamese and the Adventures of Frost” premiered at the Edinburgh Film Festival and was described by The New York Times “as the place where visual art and independent filmmaking meet.” Alex produced “Thomas Woodruff’s Freak Parade” for Gallery HD as well as the interstitial series “Scenes from the Sundance Lab” for the Sundance Channel.  WITH PETER BRADLEY is Alex Rappoport’s feature-length directorial debut. He and Peter reside in Saugerties, NY.

Beacon Film Society presents…

LOCAL* SHORTS // BEACON OPEN STUDIOS

A special screening of documentary, fictional, and experimental films from Beacon, NY for Beacon Open Studios / Upstate Art Weekend.  This one-hour program features shorts by filmmakers David Sampliner & Rachel Shuman, Louise Bartolotta, Ophir Ariel, Reuben Hernandez and Mark Sanders.

12:30p | Saturday | July 22, 2023

KuBe Art Center Theater (1st floor old Beacon High)

211 Fishkill Ave Beacon NY 12508

Sponsored by Ethan Cohen Gallery and Beacon Arts.

4:30p | Sunday | July 23, 2023

The Cinehub

20 W Main St Beacon NY 12508

Filmmakers in attendance at both screenings. 

Q&A to follow.

tickets by donation (links below)

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FULL PROGRAM:  

Her Favorite Patient (2020)

narrative, 7 min.

Reuben Hernandez (director, producer)

After years of treatment, Fairfax decides to come clean to her therapist and reveal a sad, but not-so-dark truth.

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REUBEN HERNANDEZ is an adventurer who tells meaningful, visual stories through film, photography, and time-lapse. He’s touched down on all seven continents finding beauty in everything from the beaches of Southern California to the icebergs of Antarctica. Reuben’s work has been featured in BBC Travel, The New York Times, and Discovery Channel. He was named one of the “20 Emerging Artists to Watch in Film and Video” by PDN and Rangefinder Magazine, and was the director of photography for the award-winning documentary series Exposed.  Reuben’s short films include the documentary Antarctica and the award winning narrative short Maddie. Reuben is an active member of the Filmshop collective, and when he is not making movies you can find him hanging with his daughter, dancing (breaking and popping), or riding his blue bicycle.

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La Pastora (2020)

documentary, 14 min.

David Sampliner (co-director, cinematographer, producer)

Rachel Shuman (editor)

A young female biologist in Barcelona decides to leave behind her academic career to become a shepherd in the remote Catalan Pyrenees.  She confronts the challenges of entering a traditionally all-male profession and weathers the inherent hardships of the shepherd’s life.  But she faces her steepest hurdle when Laura’s mother refuses to support her new path.

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DAVID SAMPLINER is an award-winning documentary director, producer, and cinematographer whose films have screened at Sundance, Tribeca, and Full Frame, among others, and have been distributed by Netflix, the Sundance Channel, and Sony Pictures. David’s directorial work includes the documentary features My Own Man (2014) and Dirty Work (2004) and the short documentaries La Pastora (2020) and Brothers (2017). As a documentary cinematographer, he has shot on many acclaimed films, including Knock Down the House (2019), I Am Greta (2020), One Cut One Life (2014), and One October (2017).  His story Lucky Bastard is included as a StorySlam favorite on the Moth Radio Hour podcast. He grew up in Shaker Heights, Ohio, became a documentary filmmaker in Athens, GA, and now lives with his family in Beacon, NY.

RACHEL SHUMAN is a documentary editor and director based in Beacon, NY. Her recent film editing credits include the Emmy- and Peabody-nominated Storm Lake (2021), Omara (2021), La Pastora (2020) True Believer (2019), Five Seasons (2017), and One October (2017) which Rachel also directed.  Previously she co-directed The Guggenheim Museum: Art, Architecture, and Innovation and she directed the feature documentary Negotiations (2005).  Rachel is proud to be a board member of the Karen Schmeer Film Editing Fellowship. Originally from Boston, Rachel received a BFA from the California College of the Arts in San Francisco and an MFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York.

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The Look of the Century (2020)

comedy sketch, 2 min.

Ophir Ariel (producer, actor)

A man in a cocoon emerges on the forefront of a global pandemic.  Filmed on March 8th, 2020 in NYC, The Look of the Century (directed by Tal S. Shamir) provides an alternate and altered view into life before lockdown.  

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OPHIR ARIEL is an Israeli-born and Beacon-based filmmaker. Ophir writes, directs and produces mostly narrative content. These days he’s in the midst of the post-production of a new documentary and he’s developing several new comedies. Together with the in-house team at Blend Pictures, and many collaborators, Ophir produces content mostly out of New York and also has strong ties with Montreal and Tel-Aviv. When free, Ophir does stand-up comedy and acts in strange videos “in order to embarrass myself in front of strangers.”

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Javelina (2021)

narrative, 9 min.

Louis Bartolotta (director)

The day before she starts middle school, science whiz Ellie becomes terrified of her new neighbors dog — or is it a dog? 


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LOUISE BARTOLOTTA is a filmmaker and producer from Poughkeepsie, now living in Astoria Queens. A graduate of the SUNY Purchase film program, Louise got her start as a video producer at the website Mashable and went on to direct music videos and short films that have played in festivals all over the world. She worked as a camera assistant for several years before pivoting to producing. Her short film, Javelina, was filmed in Beacon and funded by the HUDSY community content fund.  It won the award for best short at the Lavender Film Festival in New York.

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The Unemployment Sonata (2020)

experimental, 30 min.

Ayvas & Baller 

An abstract audiovisual composition in sonata form, each movement with its own character. The music, by Emanuel Ayvas and Gustav Baller, features classical music samples sourced from vinyl and layered with synthesizer, drums, and vocalized poetry. The video, by Baller, faithfully translates each sound and lyric using found footage from the public domain.

Everything you see is explicitly connected in some way to everything you hear. Certain types of noise are represented by certain types of video manipulation. A looped sound translates into a looped video. Lyric imagery enters through the ear and exits through the eye. Each movement has a stylistic theme, and every base image is carefully chosen according to that theme.

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Gustav Baller is the musical alter ego of MARK SANDERS, a multi-disciplinary artist and corporate middle manager. Mark was born in Nashville, studied Film and TV Production at NYU, and currently lives in Beacon with his wife and no children. If you know of any restaurant that sells doubles in the Hudson Valley, please let him know.

BATTLEGROUND

Thu, Oct 20, 2022

STORYSCREEN Theater | 445 Main St. | Beacon, NY

Screening at 7pm / Doors at 6:30pm

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This June, the Supreme Court overturned Roe versus Wade, ending 50 years of constitutional protections for abortion in the United States. How have we arrived here, when 7 in 10 Americans support access to legal abortion? 

‘Battleground’ follows three women who lead formidable anti-abortion organizations in their single-minded quest to overturn Roe v. Wade, as they face down forces equally determined to safeguard women’s access to safe and legal abortions.

Who are anti-abortion people? What are they driven by, what do they believe, how do they operate and what are their goals? ‘Battleground’ gets inside the anti-abortion movement as never seen before to answer these questions, with many surprises: they are women, young people, even Democrats. With close access, the film shows how the anti-choice movement is strategizing and organizing, and their determination to overturn Roe at any cost. As their power and influence propels the Supreme Court sharply right, and states race to enact unconstitutional abortion bans, the film also depicts those on the front lines of the fierce fight to maintain access.

In the wake of Roe, 26 states stand poised to ban abortion, catalyzing unprecedented legal, medical and social upheaval. ‘Battleground’ is required viewing for anyone with a stake in the future of abortion in America.

Film website: https://battlegroundfilm.org

Ticket Price: $12 (tickets are limited – we recommend purchasing ahead of the screening)

Q&A with film producer Rebecca Stern and Aura Lopez Zarate (Planned Parenthood) will follow the screening.

DEVIL PUT THE COAL IN THE GROUND

Thu, Nov 17, 2022

&

Fri, Nov 18, 2022

STORYSCREEN Theater | 445 Main St. | Beacon, NY

Screening at 7pm / Doors at 6:30pm

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“Devil Put the Coal” is holistic look at the impact of this legacy and the ravages of extractive industry and corporate power, as it has affected the people, communities and the environment of West Virginia. Consciously eschewing exploitive filmmaking around the opioid epidemic or poverty, the film focuses on its people – all linked by the love of their home state and desire to stay put against all odds. Structured upon personal storytelling from native West Virginians, the film draws upontheir rich experiences and diverse perspectives in order to create an informal “People’sHistory of West Virginia”. These individuals run the gamut – from recovering opioid addict, to environmental activist, to U.S. Congressional candidate, to town judge, to recovery center nurse, to corporate environmental lawyer, to struggling local business owner – all of whom, despite their differences, remain linked by the love of their home state and the challenges that threaten their survival, and way of life.

Uniquely paced and stylistically arresting, the film marries personal narrative with cinematic aerial footage, rare archival photography from DOCUMERICA luminary Jack Corn, bespoke animation and an original score that features the music of Steve Earle & Iris Dement– at once a meditation on the mystique of coal culture, a people’s resilience and deep connection to the land, and elegy to a vanishing Appalachia.

Film website:  https://www.devilputthecoalintheground.com/

Q&A with film co-director and producers Lucas Sabean and special guest.

THE TERRITORY

Tue, Dec 6, 2022

STORYSCREEN | 445 Main St. | Beacon, NY

Screening at 7pm / Doors at 6:30pm

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WINNER: Sundance 2022 Audience Award + Special Jury Award
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– – – Q&A with editor CARLOS ROJAS to follow the screening – – –

THE TERRITORY provides an immersive on-the-ground look at the tireless fight of the Indigenous Uru-eu-wau-wau people against the encroaching deforestation brought by farmers and illegal settlers in the Brazilian Amazon. With awe-inspiring cinematography showcasing the titular landscape and richly textured sound design, the film takes audiences deep into the Uru-eu-wau-wau community and provides unprecedented access to the farmers and settlers illegally burning and clearing the protected Indigenous land. Partially shot by the Uru-eu-wau-wau people, the film relies on vérité footage captured over three years as the community risks their lives to set up their own news media team in the hopes of exposing the truth.

Film website: https://films.nationalgeographic.com/the-territory

HEALING FROM HATE

Tue, Oct 27, 2020
(rain date: Wed, Oct 28)
6:30 PM (“doors”: 5:30 PM)

LNJ Tech Warehouse
4 Hanna Lane, Beacon

Tickets: $10/person
(link below)

Note: Screening is outdoors in an open lawn at LNJ Tech’s warehouse. Bring blankets, chairs, and warm clothes — it will get chilly when the sun goes down. And BYO snacks and drinks. There’s plenty of available parking in the lot.

Miz Hattie’s Southern BBQ will be selling her scrumptious food.

Q&A with filmmakers following the film

Proceeds donated to Beacon 4 Black Lives

Battle for the soul of a nation. 

A powerful doc that examines the root causes of hate group activity through the bold work of those battling intolerance on the front lines, including Life After Hate, an organization founded by former Skinheads and neo-Nazis, now engaged in transforming attitudes of intolerance.

Documenting a stunning era of hatred in America, Healing From Hate follows these reformers in their work to de-radicalize White Nationalists, and heal communities torn apart by racism.

In support of powerful personal stories, groundbreaking sociologist Michael Kimmel (Guyville, Angry White Men, and Healing From Hate), offers up a parallel narrative through-line — helping the viewer to understand the psychological process of white radicalization, the crucial role of deep-seated needs around masculinity, and insight gleaned from his extensive research with “EXIT” groups around the world — work that had its genesis in Europe, and forms the basis of his recent bestselling book Healing From Hate.

Q&A

Director Peter Hutchinson and producer/editor Lucas Sabean (Beaconite)

Co-sponsors

Beacon 4 Black Lives, BEAHIVE, LNJ Tech, Story Screen