Film Screening: Make a Circle

MAKE A CIRCLE Screening, Gathering and Panel

From an award-winning filmmaking team, MAKE A CIRCLE follows a group of child care providers who are determined to change how our society values the education of its youngest citizens. With a mix of humor, outrage, and passion, MAKE A CIRCLE captures the unfolding stories of Patricia, a leader of the California child care workers union, as she fights on behalf of a largely immigrant workforce; Charlotte, another union member who tirelessly lifts up the low-income families in her care; and Anne, the director of a large preschool, who finds novel ways to value and support her teachers when jobs at Starbucks are offering higher pay. Within their stories are interludes that offer a cinematic window into the unique, imaginative world of the young children in their care. The film culminates as thousands of child care union members march on their state capitol demanding better working conditions, just as their contract is set to expire. Weaving together the magic they create in the classroom, the struggles they endure at home, and their tireless activism for their profession, MAKE A CIRCLE is a moving portrait of life as an early childhood educator and a promising blueprint for fixing our broken child care system.

Please join early childhood educators and community members for an engaging Q&A around supporting our youngest Californians at the beginning of their educational journey.

RUN OF SHOW

📍 601 Santa Monica Blvd, Santa Monica, CA 90401

🕐 5:00p Doors open, light bites and mingling

📢 6:00 Opening remarks

📽️ 6:15 Movie begins

🗣️ 7:15 Panel discussion

👋 7:45 Event ends

EVENT AND ACCESSIBILITY DETAILS

🎟️ The event is free but RSVP is required

🍴Light refreshments provided

👶 Free child care available - 3y+. If attending with your child, please contact the ECTF at [email protected] by November 10th in addition to securing your free Eventbrite ticket

🅿️ Parking lot underneath the library. Validation tickets will be available.

📸 There will be photographers at this event. By securing your ticket and entering the screening venue, you consent to be photographed, filmed and/or otherwise recorded.

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Host or Publisher Santa Monica Early Childhood Task Force, SMC Public Policy Institute, and Santa Monica Public Libary