Community Cinema, a free monthly screening series featuring films from the PBS Independent Lens series. After the screening, lively discussions bring citizens and organizations together to encourage dialogue and action around important and timely social issues. Community Cinema provides a chance to explore the world of the acclaimed PBS series Independent Lens outside your living room, before the episode airs. Independent Lens takes you on a journey to unexpected places to meet ordinary people living extraordinary lives.
JANUARY 3 - DAISY BATES: FIRST LADY OF LITTLE ROCK
As a black woman who was a feminist before the term was invented, Daisy Bates refused to accept her assigned place in society. The life of Daisy Bates tells the story of her life and public support of nine black students to attend the all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, which culminated in a constitutional crisis--pitting a president against a governor and a community against itself.
FEBRUARY 7 - MORE THAN A MONTH
Filmmaker Shukree Hassan Tilghman sets off on a cross-country campaign to end Black History Month. His tongue-in-cheek journey explores the complexity and contradictions of relegating an entire group’s history to one month in a so-called “post-racial” America.
MARCH 6 - REVENGE OF THE ELECTRIC CAR
Filmmaker Chris Paine takes his film crew behind the closed doors of Nissan, GM, and the Silicon Valley start-up Tesla Motors to chronicle the story of the global resurgence of electric cars. Without using a single drop of foreign oil, this new generation of car is America's future: fast, furious, and cleaner than ever.
APRIL 3 - HELL AND BACK AGAIN
U.S. Marine Sergeant Nathan Harris, 25, leads his unit to fight a ghostlike enemy in Afghanistan. Wounded in battle, Harris returns to North Carolina and his devoted wife to fight pain, addiction, and the terrifying normalcy of life at home.
MAY 1 - STRONG!
Cheryl Haworth is a young woman with a big dream: to be the strongest woman in the world. As the 300-pound U.S. Olympic weightlifter prepares for Beijing 2008, she struggles with injury, confidence, and her place in a world where larger women are not readily accepted.
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