Reel Hope Film Festival, Saturday, November 23rd Noon to 4:30 pm @ First Mennonite Church (4601 Knollton Road, Indianapolis, IN) Reel Hope is a free, one-day film event devoted to promoting the works of socially conscientious filmmakers. Three documentaries will be featured this year (please see the film trailers and detailed synopses below. Free admission and free refreshments. Donations accepted to benefit the future work of Indy Artists Peace Project. For more information visit reelhope.weebly This years films will be; Playing at 12 Noon: Changing the Conversation: Americas Gun Violence Epidemic (Documentary, 88 minutes, 2011, New Moon Productions.) Gun violence is generally discussed in terms of urban homicides, yet startling statistics tell another story. Changing the Conversation reframes the usual left/right gun debate by reframing the gun violence epidemic as a broader public health issue. Engage in a radically logical approach to restructure how we think, speak and act on the subject of gun violence. Hear from public health experts, doctors, lawmakers, activists, a quiet town searching for answers after a domestic murder-suicide, and even a shocking back-room interview with a state senator. Changing the Conversation asks – not can we change the status quo on gun violence, but will we? Director: Janet Fitch Co-Director: Lajwanti Waghray Producer: Blyth Renate Meier. Changing the Conversation trailer: youtube/watch?v=BNQywx6wMCg Playing at 1:45: Femme: Women Healing the World (Documentary, 90 minutes, 2013, Vision Films) Femme is an inspirational voyage about women around the world who are actively transforming and healing global society of a daily basis. Influential women share their ideas on religion, science, history, politics and entertainment - with an eye towards providing solutions to the multiple crisis we face throughout the world. Femme focuses on utilizing a feminine approach with nurturing energy to inspire a new hope for the future. Starring Sharon Stone (Casino, Total Recall, Basic Instinct), Jean Houston, Marianne Williamson, Jean Shinoda Bolen, Riane Eisler, Nobel Peace Prize Laureats Shirin Ebadi and Mairead Maguire, Rickie Lee Jones, Gloria Steinem, and more. Directed By: Emmanual Itier. Produced By: Sharon Stone, Amanda Estremera, Andrea Barron, Barbara Lazaroff, Celeste Yarnall, Dawn Zuill. Femme trailer: youtube/watch?v=RjYopoPo55A Playing at 3:30 pm: Eye Of the Storm (Documentary, 30 minutes, 1970, Produced by ABC News Productions.) A wake up call for all ages, this vintage documentary chronicles school teacher Jane Elliotts now famous social exercise with her third grade class in Riceville, Iowa. Elliott divided the students based upon the color of their eyes, bestowing upon one group privileges, and on the other, impediments. It provides an examination of the realities of discrimination as experienced by the actual students, demonstrating how quickly that children can succumb to discriminatory behavior. Originally produced for ABC TV in 1970, Eye of the Storm remains sadly potent and relevant more than 40 years after its making.
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