Click on the photo for a preview of this year's featured films.
- July 14 - 42
- July 21 - Barbie
- July 28 - Stand and Deliver
- August 04 - Won't You Be My Neighbor?
Movies have a way of communicating unlike any other art form. In them, we find powerful stories of the human experience—an experience marked by intersection with the divine. Whether filmmakers know it or not, God’s fingerprints can be found all over their stories. We’ll take some of the most popular films from the last year (and beyond) and look at how we can find God at the movies.
During this series, messages are based on themes presented in the featured films. We show some film clips and plot themes including the movie ending may be discussed. Watching the movie before viewing the message is recommended.
Sunday, July 14
"42" tells the inspirational true story of Jackie Robinson, the legendary baseball player who broke Major League Baseball's color barrier when he joined the roster of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Despite facing racial discrimination, Robinson went on to play in six World Series, wearing the number 42. The film portrays his courage and the impact he had on the emerging civil rights movement.
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Sunday, July 21
Barbie is a 2023 musical comedy film that follows Barbie and Ken on a journey of self-discovery after an existential crisis. The movie takes place in both Barbieland and the real world and explores themes such as patriarchy, feminism, and the experiences of being a woman.
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Sunday, July 28
Stand and Deliver: Edward James Olmos stars as Jaime Escalante in this inspirational true story about a teacher and the unmotivated East Los Angeles high school students who he inspires, badgers, threatens, and humors into learning the most demanding of all math sciences--calculus. But the accomplishment is so utterly fantastic that the students are accused of cheating. Given a choice to accept the allegation or retake the test, the students and Escalante must decide what matters most.
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Sunday, August 04
Won’t You Be My Neighbor? takes an intimate look at America’s favorite neighbor: Mister Fred Rogers. A portrait of a man whom we all think we know, this emotional and moving film takes us beyond the zip-up cardigans and the land of make-believe, and into the heart of a creative genius who inspired generations of children with compassion and limitless imagination.
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