Let the cartoon movies begin…
On Sunday, I was worshipping online with The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection in Kansas, which is one of the few Methodist megachurches. See, not only did I sleep right through all the United Methodist church services that I could've attended in person here in the Coachella Valley, but also I've made a point to tune in for COR Senior Pastor Adam Hamilton's current sermon series, "Who Is This Man?"
Anyway, in the course of his sermon yesterday, Hamilton talked up all the various things that COR would be doing to mark Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday next weekend — cultural exchange opportunities for a still largely segregated metro area as well as service opportunities.
That got me thinking about what I should do to honor King's legacy next weekend specifically and also about civil rights and social justice issues writ large.
So when I went online to get tickets for a movie I'm seeing today at the Palm Springs International Film Festival and find a few more to watch, "Soundtrack for a Revolution" caught my eye.
Thanks to some quick thinking/clicking, I got myself tickets for last night's showing of this awesome documentary, which weaves together stories of the civil rights movement with the common thread of songs from the movement. And the film doesn't just use original recordings but also has contemporary artists redo these songs of the '60s throughout the film:
"Soundtrack" is showing again Wednesday night and Thursday morning at the Palm Springs Art Museum (albeit presumably without the sweet Q&A with the directors and Danny Glover that we got to see last night) so if you have the time and the dollars, I say go see this one. It's totally worth it.
more movies
Btw, here are the other movies I have tickets to see at the festival this week:
- The Balibo Conspiracy (a journalistic flick) today at 2:30 p.m.
- Chameleon (a Hungarian thriller) Tuesday at 7 p.m.
- Looking for Eric (a British comedy) Wednesday at 4:30 p.m.