The Cinema of Resistance: Apocalyptic Hope

Is there hope for humanity? As authoritarians threaten to remake democratic society into a dystopian police state, it can feel like the End of the World to those committed to social justice. Despair is a constant temptation as it becomes harder and harder to imagine a return to normal politics. If there is hope for the future of the human project, it may well have to come from an apocalyptic rupture in history — an unpredictable event that opens new and currently unimaginable pathways for justice to be born into the world.

Join us for our next free, public screening, followed by discussion. All are welcome.

This month we will screen a dystopian sci-fi thriller in which the future of humanity depends on the unexpected pregnancy of a Black refugee. Set in an increasingly plausible near-future characterized by vast wealth inequalities, martial law, the dehumanization of immigrants and refugees, and widespread political hopelessness, this prescient film grapples with the themes of hope and despair in a world of police states and mass migration. Join us as we explore ways to sustain faith in the human project during such a time as this.

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