Fall Formation Opportunity: Film & Food

The fall/winter film series, Film and Food, will look at immigrants, legal and illegal, in this country and Europe, and the obstacles and prejudice that they face.  Food from the immigrants’ countries will be featured.  What follows is the tentative lineup of films subject to their availability.

September’s movie, The Other Side of Immigration, explores the reasons that people leave rural Mexico to work in the US.  The film provides a rare view of the issues from the immigrants’ perspective looking at the effects migration has on the families and communities that are left behind. (September 28 - Mexican food)

In October, we will be viewing Clint Eastwood’s Gran Torino in which he plays an irascible retired auto worker living in Detroit next to a Hmong family.  Both humorous and touching, we see Eastwood’s character being forced to confront his racism head-on in an attempt to exorcise his haunting Korean War experiences. (October 26 – Hmong food)

November will feature Ali: Fear Eats the Soul.  In this German classic, an older widowed cleaning woman develops a strange and unlikely friendship with a young Moroccan.  As their relationship deepens, so does the prejudice of her neighbors and friends.  The film shows the devastating effects that public contempt has on the couple. (November 23, Moroccan food)

We will take a break for the holidays and resume the series in January.  More details will follow.

All Film & Food Nights begin at 6 PM.  Please RSVP.