Writers Go to the Movies
A screening series for art, conversation and community
How it works:
1. A writer is invited to choose a movie--something that has informed, inspired, irritated, oppressed, shaken, or moved their writing practice.
2. The writer chooses a conversation partner (someone engaged with the film's themes or subject matter - a dancer/ scientist/ lawyer/ painter/ film scholar/ mechanic/ gardener, etc. anyone EXCEPT another writer).
3. We meet for drinks and snacks at the theatre before the show.
4. The writer gives a brief reading of their work and introduces the movie to us and tells us why they've chosen it.
5. We watch it.
6. The writer and conversation partner talk about art making and life, cross disciplinary ideas and any of the other smart, funny, wise, or weird things they're currently thinking about.
7. The audience asks questions, they make comments, also say smart, wise and funny things.
8. 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, 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 presenting on the films: The Infinite Race, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Arrival, Wretches and Jabberers, Akira Kurosawa's Dreams, Tangerine, The Great Beauty, Hollywood Shuffle, All that Jazz, Parallel Mothers, Pride, Amigo.
Support Writers Go to the Movies
Your generous donations help us keep the series free for everyone!