"Moral Movies" coming to a screen near you
Moral Monday gets a film series
You've heard about Moral Mondays, but what about Moral Movies?
NC State AFL-CIO is proud to be a collaborator, along with the NC NAACP and Working Films, on the Moral Movies film series, which is bringing award-winning documentaries to cities across North Carolina to jump-start community dialogue and action on social, economic, and environmental issues.
MORAL MOVIES will take place the last week of each month from April through July in Wilmington, Asheville, Charlotte, Raleigh, Greensboro, Greenville, and Durham.
If you’re in one of these locations please join us to kick off the series with a free screening of American Teacher. Screenings start on April 24th! (See the event info for your city below).
American Teacher follows the lives and careers of four teachers and offers an opportunity to spotlight teacher pay and public education in North Carolina, which recently dropped to 46th nationally in rankings of teacher salaries.
After the screening representatives from the NCAE and TarHeel Alliance of Classroom Teachers will be on hand to share more about how to get involved and support public education in North Carolina.
Watch a 2-minute trailer for American Teacher:
Moral Movies poster for American Teacher in Raleigh.
Moral Movies will continue through July, with one film a month. Featured films include acclaimed documentaries: American Teacher (April), American Winter (May), Freedom Summer (June), and Inequality for All (July). The series will entertain topics that have been hotly debated in the North Carolina state legislature and by the public, such as public education, income inequality, and changes to voting laws in the state. The films will spotlight these issues, which will be discussed in interactive post-screening programs designed to offer a forum for community members to share their perspectives, find common ground and discuss potential solutions to the problems at hand. Collaborators include state and local organizations: North Carolina Association of Educators, Tarheel Alliance of Classroom Teachers, NC State AFL-CIO, Democracy NC, NC Justice Center, Durham People’s Alliance, Mountain People’s Assembly, Beloved Community Center, Action NC, and the Black Arts Alliance. Moral Movies is a collaboration among national nonprofit Working Films (based in Wilmington), the NC NAACP, and allied organizations across the state. For the full four month schedule and more information about the series please see the Working Films blog.