Movies That Move Us: A 1st Friday Film Series

to promote conversation about race and build the beloved community

Presents: SELMA

When:

Friday April 10, 6 PM to 9 PM

Where:

The Festival Center
1640 Columbia Road NW
Washington, DC 20009

Bring:

A brown-bag lunch, if you want.

SELMA is the story of a movement. The film chronicles the tumultuous three-month period in 1965, when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. led a dangerous campaign to secure equal voting rights in the face of violent opposition. The epic march from Selma to Montgomery culminated in President Johnson signing the Voting Rights Act of 1965, one of the most significant victories for the civil rights movement.  Director Ava DuVernay’s SELMA tells the real story of how the revered leader and visionary Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his brothers and sisters in the movement prompted change that forever altered history.
 

Movies That Move Us is sponsored by the On the Damascus Road, a group of people who are dedicated to addressing institutional and systemic Racism.  Our roots are in the Church of the Saviour, thus we are guided by the teachings of Jesus.  We are open to all spiritual teachings that lead us toward justice, healing, forgiveness and reconciliation.  ALL ARE WELCOME!  For more information please contact Ernest Crosby, 202.345.5362, coachcrozz@gmail.com or stop by the Festival Center on Tuesdays between 12 & 5 to use the resource center and talk.