Writers Go to the Movies
A screening series for art, conversation and community
How it works:
1. A writer chooses a movie--something that has informed, inspired, irritated, oppressed, shaken, or moved their writing practice.
2. The writer is paired with a conversation partner (someone engaged with the film's themes or subject matter--a dancer/ scientist/ death doula/ painter/ film scholar/ mechanic/ gardener, etc).
3. Artists, convo partner and audience meet pre-show for snacks and conversation.
4. The writer gives a reading from their work, introduces the movie, and explains why they've chosen it.
5. The conversation partner explains the artistry of their work and its connection to the movie.
6. We watch the movie.
7. The writer and conversation partner talk about art making and life, cross disciplinary ideas, activism and any of the other smart, funny, wise and weird things they're currently thinking about.
8. The audience joins the conversation.
9. The writer and artist lead the audience in a writing prompt.
10. We go home and dream of a world made better through expanding community.
Who We've Been Hanging Out With
Participating writers & outsider artists: Ed Bok Lee, Andrea Jenkins, Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Roy G. Guzmán, Patrick Nathan, Douglas Kearney, Danez Smith, Erin Sharkey, Mychal Fisher, Chris Martin, Joe Horton, Gretchen Marquette, Ryan Fontaine, Victoria Blanco, Rini Yun Matea, Michael Kleber-Diggs, Megan Mayer, Kao Kalia Yang, Jessica Holm, Juliet Patterson, Chris Stedman, Chris Santiago, Eric "Pogi" Sumangil, Jen Eli Bowen, Dantiel Moniz presenting on the films:
The Infinite Race
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Arrival
Wretches and Jabberers
Dreams (Akira Kurosawa)
Tangerine
The Great Beauty
The Hollywood Shuffle
Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project
All the Jazz
Parallel Mothers
Pride
Jiro Dreams of Sushi
Amigo
The Virgin Suicides
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