EVENTS
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WHAT WE ARE FROM [Seattle Documentary Premiere]
What We Are From is a feature-length documentary by Erick Arredondo and Diego Estrada Bernuy that follows the stories of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients as they return to their homelands for the first time since immigrating to the United States. After more than 20 years away, they step back into the sights, sounds, and memories they left behind, confronting the weight of their journeys and reclaiming the joy often silenced by their undocumented status. The film highlights the transformative impact of the Cultural Leadership Fellowship, a program that empowers undocumented individuals to grow in community through Advance Parole travel. Through powerful and intimate storytelling, What We Are From captures moments of reflection, healing, and resilience as undocumented leaders reunite with their families. In their search for belonging, they discover that home is not just a place, but what we carry with us and what we find in each other.
Watch the trailer & learn more: https://www.culturalleadershipfellowship.org/film
Lynden" Documentary Premiere
Seattle premiere of the new feature length documentary, "Lynden." There will be a Q&A with the filmmakers and main subject after the film.
Logline: A 17-year-old girl adopted from Ethiopia leads a racial justice march in her small, conservative town, igniting a fierce cultural battle that divides friends, families and church members, and forces the community to confront deeply ingrained issues of identity and race.
Tickets can be purchased here: https://www.siff.net/cinema/in-theaters/lynden
Chardonnay Beaver Presents "Fulfill The Promise: The Rise. The Fall. The Promise." Documentary Screening & Book Signing, in connection with Mount Zion Baptist Church’s History and Archive Ministry
Fulfill The Promise: The Rise. The Fall. The Promise, executively produced by Chardonnay Beaver, is a 90 minute documentary exploring the cultural impact of Seattle's Central District, focusing on the late Rev. Dr. Samuel Berry McKinney's efforts to combat systemic poverty through one of the nations first skill-based centers, Seattle Opportunities Industrialization Center (SOIC). His vision lives on with the McKinney Center for Community & Economic Development, launched in 2020.
Film's Featured Topics:
The Great Migration
Redlining
Urban Renewal Program
Mt. Zion Baptist Church, the Black Church.
Rev. Dr. Samuel Berry McKinney, Rev. Dr. Wade H. McKinney
The Social Gospel
Seattle's World Fair
Rev. Dr. Leon Sullivan, Opportunities Industrialization Centers of America (OIC of America)
Seattle Opportunities Industrialization Center (SOIC)
Political leaders: Mayor Clinton (Seattle), President Nixon, President Reagan, Councilman Smith (Seattle), Mayor Rice (Seattle), King County Councilman Gossett (WA), Rep. Sharon Tomiko Santos (WA)
Crack epidemic in Seattle, Reaganomics
Seattle Vocational Institute (SVI), the closing of SVI
HB 1918, formation of the Central District Community Preservation & Development Authority
The launching of the McKinney Center for Community & Economic Development
Bonus Book Signing: Chardonnay, the producer of the film, will also be signing and selling her newest book Words of Wisdom: A Compilation of Life Principles, Inspired by Truth & Guided by Purpose Vol. 1
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