Film Screening: Blue Baby: The Fight for America's Youth

Name: Film Screening: Blue Baby: The Fight for America's Youth
Start: 2025-02-25T14:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-02-25T21:00:00-05:00
Location: 18 Bleecker St, New York, NY, United States, New York 10012

Schedule

Tue Feb 25 2025 at 02:00 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

18 Bleecker St, New York, NY, United States, New York 10012 | New York, NY

- 2pm screenings are free with registration
- 7pm screenings are ticketed and include moderated Q&A talkbacks with members of each film's creative team, for a $20 suggested donation. Purchase a $40 Star Supporter ticket and generously help off-set the cost of a student or senior's reduced price ticket!
Blue Baby follows eight formerly incarcerated teens over the course of four years as they navigate life within a rehabilitative community that serves as an alternative to prison. Showing the personal and societal shortcomings that led to their incarceration and then their subsequent enrollment at Boys Town, the film raises complex questions about both the possibilities and limitations of reformation. Not all stories have happy endings, but at the heart of the film is the remarkable legacy of Father Flanagan, the visionary founder of Boys Town who had one firm, impossibly optimistic belief: There are no bad boys.
Produced by Matters Media, directed by Josh and Lisa Sabey, and starring Tommi Aleman, Kim Avery, & Varshay Graham.