All films are FREE, but we do ask you to register online  for planning purposes.  All movies begin at 6:30 pm

2019-2020 Film Series at Benet Hill Monastery         Partnering with the Rocky Mountain Women's Film Institute, the Sisters of Benet Hill Monastery desire to educate and enlighten the community about contemporary issues and how people of extraordinary strength and faith inspire us through their ways of handling adversity. Please join us for discussion following each movie.    

Friday, October 18, 2019  "Hear and Now"                                             A documentary directed by Irene Taylor Brodsky about her deaf parents who decided to get cochlear implants at age 65. It turns out to be a complicated journey from the comfortable world of silence to a profoundly challenging world of sounds and language.

     

Friday, January 17 "Breakfast at Ina's" & "Pickle" (short film)  Ina Pinkney is a Chicago legend and has been feeding Chicagoans for 33 years. Faced with the late stages of polio, Ina has decided to close the doors of her beloved breakfast nook.The film gives us a glimpse into Ina's extraordinary life while chronicling the last days of the restaurant. Followed by the short film "Pickle."                 

 Friday, March 13 Lessons from a School Shooting:Notes from Dunblane"        and "Sin by Silence"                                                                             After the events at the Sandy Hook Massacre, a priest from Dunblane, Scotland reached out to a priest in the area. The resulting film follows these two menas they sort through their personal sadness and how gun violence has harmed their congregations. Followed by another film "Sin by Silence."

Friday, May 1, 2020 "Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the 405" and                                                                          "Any Wednesday"  This thoughtful documentary profiles a brilliant but tortured 56-year-old artist named Mindy Alper, who channels her depression and anxiety into her work. We get an intimate look at her life along with flashes of Mind's impresseive art. Followed by the film: "Any Wednesday."     

 

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