Wedgwood Meaningful Movies
Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church 8900 35th Ave NE Seattle,WA
About Our Group:
Films + Discussion on the 2nd Friday of each month at Our Lady of the Lake Church.
Wedgwood Meaningful Movies is a venue for the screening of documentaries having social, economic, or environmental justice issues as their focus. Films are chosen that sunlight problems and their underlying or contributory causes. The goal is to build community with increasing awareness and sensitivity to injustice and collectively decipher what we can do about it.
FOR A LIST OF THE FILMS MEANINGFUL MOVIES NETWORK HAS SHOWN OVER THE LAST 13 YEARS, LOOK HERE:
http://www.meaningfulmovies.org/about/films-shown-prior-to-2015/
Screening Location:Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church 8900 35th Ave NE, Seattle, WA, 98115
Contact Email:info@wedgwoodmeaningfulmovies.org
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1Wedgwood Meaningful MoviesFriday | 6/14/2019 | 7:00 PMOur Lady of the Lake Catholic Church 8900 35th Ave NE Seattle, WAThe World Awaits
In this film, noted philosopher Noam Chomsky, world renowned physician and activist Helen Caldicott, M.D., and founder of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation David Krieger...
- Wedgwood Meaningful MoviesFriday | 5/10/2019 | 7:00 PMOur Lady of the Lake Catholic Church 8900 35th Ave NE Seattle, WA
Digital Disconnect
This film trains its sights on the relationship between the internet and democracy in the age of fake news, filter bubbles, and Facebook security breaches....
- Wedgwood Meaningful MoviesFriday | 4/12/2019 | 7:00 PMOur Lady of the Lake Catholic Church 8900 35th Ave NE Seattle, WA
Trickle Down Town
NOTE LOCATION CHANGE THIS MONTH: Wedgwood Presbyterian Church, 8008 35th Ave NE, Seattle. This powerful film by Seattle filmmaker Tomasz Biernacki examines homelessness in Seattle....
- Wedgwood Meaningful MoviesFriday | 3/8/2019 | 7:00 PMOur Lady of the Lake Catholic Church 8900 35th Ave NE Seattle, WA
The True Cost
This is a story about clothing. It’s about the clothes we wear, the people who make them, and the impact the industry is having on...
- Wedgwood Meaningful MoviesFriday | 1/11/2019 | 7:00 PMOur Lady of the Lake Catholic Church 8900 35th Ave NE Seattle, WA
The Starfish Throwers
Worlds apart, a five-star chef, a twelve year-old girl and a retired schoolteacher discover how their individual efforts to feed the poor ignite a movement in the fight...
- Wedgwood Meaningful MoviesFriday | 12/14/2018 | 7:00 PMOur Lady of the Lake Catholic Church 8900 35th Ave NE Seattle, WA
Consuming Kids: The Commercialization of Childhood
NOTE Location Change This Month: WEDGWOOD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 8008 35th Ave. NE. With virtually no government oversight or public outcry, the multibillion-dollar youth marketing industry has used...
- Wedgwood Meaningful MoviesFriday | 11/9/2018 | 7:00 PMOur Lady of the Lake Catholic Church 8900 35th Ave NE Seattle, WA
To Err is Human
The 3rd leading cause of death in the U.S. is its own healthcare system. Medical mistakes lead to as many as 440,000 preventable deaths each...
- Wedgwood Meaningful MoviesFriday | 10/12/2018 | 7:00 PMOur Lady of the Lake Catholic Church 8900 35th Ave NE Seattle, WA
Understanding the Opioid Epidemic
This film traces the causes behind the unprecedented growth in the use of prescription opioids and the devastating impact these drugs are having in America....
- Wedgwood Meaningful MoviesFriday | 9/14/2018 | 7:00 PMOur Lady of the Lake Catholic Church 8900 35th Ave NE Seattle, WA
Poverty, Inc.
"Poverty, Inc." examines the way citizens of richer countries think about poverty in other parts of the world and how they respond to it. Using...
