Issue focused statewide organizations are also collaborating on the series. Tarheel Alliance of Classroom Teachers (tACT) is co-sponsoring the screening of American Teacher. tACT is a professional organization that supports NC teachers in taking a more active role and voice in decisions made around public education. tACT director Lynn Shoemaker said, “TACT has already used film this year to engage new teachers in our organization and looks forward to kicking off Moral Movies with a dialogue around teacher compensation and building support for the dedicated professionals that work in our schools each day.” (For details on other state-wide organization hosts for each screening see the schedule below).
Working Films, a national nonprofit, nonpartisan organization based in Wilmington, NC is coordinating the statewide Moral Movies series. Working Films builds partnerships between nonfiction media-makers, nonprofit organizations, businesses, educators and advocates to advance community-based and policy solutions that address social, economic and environmental challenges. Co-director Molly Murphy says, “Working Films was inspired to pursue this series by the unprecedented civic engagement sparked by the Moral Monday demonstrations that began at the state capitol last year. As an organization that has worked nationally for over a decade to use film to raise awareness and catalyze community and civic involvement, we see an opportunity to use great films to inspire community dialogue and citizen participation around the issues at hand in our home state of North Carolina. We think that the series will give people across the state a way to actively participate and have their voices heard as citizens when the legislature reconvenes, even if they can’t make it to Raleigh every Monday.” Working Films is co-presenting the Moral Movie Film Series with the North Carolina NAACP, which is nationally recognized as the leader of the Moral Monday / Forward Together movement.
Asheville
Hosted by The Mountain People’s Assembly
American Teacher: Friday, April 25th, 7pm (Presented by tACT and the NC Association of Educators)
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Asheville, 1 Edwin Place. Asheville, NC 28801
American Winter: Thursday, May 29th, 7pm (Presented by NC AFL-CIO)
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Asheville, 1 Edwin Place. Asheville, NC 28801
Freedom Summer: Thursday June 26th, 7pm (Presented by Democracy NC)
Jubilee! 46 Wall St. Asheville, NC 28801
Inequality for All: Friday July 25th, 7pm (Presented by NC Justice Center)
Ferguson Auditorium at AB Tech, 340 Victoria Rd. Asheville NC 28801
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