Nineteen Ninety Nine
Director: Grace Uther
Runtime: 12:40 minutes
When a teenage girl starts to feel unsafe at a party on New Year’s Eve, 1999, she wants to get out of there. Amongst the hype of the new millennium dawning and the fear of Y2K chaos, should she trust her instincts, or is she just being paranoid?
The Resistance
Director: Natasha Straley
Runtime: 13:25 minutes
In a dystopian near-future, the USA has been overthrown by a cabal known as The Regime Republic. Best friends Emma and Chloe, looking for a way to fight back, start an underground resistance movement and are ready to spread their message. But when their very first broadcast attempt is foiled by The Regime, they must find a new way to get their message out. Will they succeed, or will the Resistance be dead in the water?
Afraid
Director: Lisbet Byler & Grace Wagner
Runtime: 3:31 minutes
AFRAID tells the story of Anna, a young 20-something coffee shop manager, as she closes up for the night and heads to her car in a nearby parking garage. Will Anna make it? Or will her worst fears become reality?
Pieces and Pieces
Director: Alyssa M Pearson
Runtime: 17:09 minutes
A veteran struggles to adapt back into the life she thought she was fighting for.
Casualties
Director: Holly Voges
Runtime: 10:30 minutes
CASUALTIES is the story of James, a Vietnam veteran suffering from PTSD. Haunted by the trauma of the past, he struggles to know what is real in the present.
Shatter the Silence
Director: Cheryl Allison
Runtime: 56:38 minutes
Grassroots change starts at the community level and while the film focuses on the Dallas, TX. area, the message is universal. The use of archival footage including suffragettes, Anita Hill, Eleanor Roosevelt, Lady Bird Johnson, JFK and more helps support the modern day voices of women and men as the film weaves together a story of the ongoing fight for gender equality dating back 100+ years. Inspired by the national reckoning that occurred for women in the Fall of 2017, the film highlights prominent ministers, politicians, teachers, students, social workers and more as they discuss the #metoo movement, rape culture, the role of the church and initiatives taking place within the community and State to bring-forth change.
Screening Info
Date: Friday, November 1, 2019 at 7:30pm
Venue: The GoggleWorks Boscov Theater
Address: 201 Washington St, Reading
Tickets: $10
