Where Stories Live: An Outdoor Film Showcase Under the Stars
About this Event
Please note: Due to potential city infrastructure work at Historic Elmwood Pinewood Cemetery, the venue for this event may shift to Settlers' Cemetery, located at the corner of Church and 5th Street in Charlotte — just four blocks away. We are awaiting formal confirmation and will keep all ticket holders updated as soon as we know more. All other event details remain the same.
Presented by Finding Inspiration Foundation in partnership with Threads to Hope
Historic Elmwood Pinewood Cemetery has been here for over 150 years. The people who tend this space believe it has always been more than a burial ground: it's a living archive of the stories that shaped this city. On October 2, we're gathering here to prove them right.
Where Stories Live is a one-night outdoor film showcase bringing together indie filmmakers, spoken word artists, and community under the open sky. Bring your lawn chair, your blanket, and your picnic. Food trucks will be on site.
As the evening opens, Mental Health Reimagined will have Threads to Hope looms and family weaving stations available — a hands-on experience where thread and color say what words sometimes can't. Help us fill a loom in honor of Finding Inspiration Foundation and the Historic Elmwood Pinewood community. No art skills needed. Just a moment to breathe, create, and connect before the night begins.
As dusk settles in, spoken word artists take the space across two blocks of poetry: stories told out loud, in a place that has always understood the weight of words.
Before the films begin, filmmaker and licensed therapist Frederick Murphy will open with a few words on the relationship between storytelling and mental health — and why the stories we tell each other matter more than we know.
Then the films begin: short films from Charlotte-area indie filmmakers, selected through an open call, each followed by a brief Q&A with its director. All genres. One thread: stories that make you feel less alone.
The night closes with The Vow, Finding Inspiration Foundation's short film on men's mental health — part of which was filmed right here at Elmwood Pinewood. This is its homecoming and its final planned public screening.
Stories live long after we're gone. This place has always known that. Come spend an evening with them.
Wine welcome. Please no hard alcohol.
Agenda
🕑: 06:30 PM - 07:00 PM
Picnic begins. Food trucks on site. Threads to Hope looms availabl
🕑: 07:30 PM - 08:15 PM
First & Second block of spoken word poetry
🕑: 08:25 PM - 08:30 PM
Opening remarks: Frederick Murphy, filmmaker and licensed therapist
🕑: 08:45 PM - 09:45 PM
Films play with filmmaker Q&A after each screening
🕑: 09:45 PM - 10:00 PM
Closing | Breakdown
Where is it happening?
Event Location & Nearby Stays:
USD 0.00 to USD 17.85
