Community Baptist Church invites you to a screening of the film "Paper Clips," which tells the story of how one middle school in Tennessee has tackled the issue of prejudice. As a part of their study of the Holocaust, the children of the school try to collect 6 million paper clips, representing the 6 million Jews killed by the Nazis, and the effort grows to include millions of others killed. The film details how the students met Holocaust survivors from around…

The Medford Film Collaborative presents the second installment of a new monthly series of thought-provoking films about art and artists with the showing of "The Art of the Steal." This film looks at the controversy surrounding the art collection of Dr. Albert C. Barnes, a millionaire who amassed a remarkable selection of significant works during the early 20th century. Barnes sought to keep his priceless pieces together as part of his foundation even after his death, but the involvement of…

Sanctuary United Church of Christ presents its monthly Faith and Film program. Bring your own beer, wine or soda and experience the places where pop culture meets faith. Attendees watch a current film, followed by a discussion about themes of morality, faith, and humanity led by local theologians and community leaders. This month's film tells the story of a father and daughter living in the forest off the grid -- until society "intervenes" in their idyllic life. Their journey is profound…

Tufts University's Department of International Literary and Cultural Studies invites you to a screening and discussion of Exile and Imagination, a one-hour documentary about the life and work of Svetlana Boym, the literary and cultural critic who was the Carl Hugo Reisinger Professor of Slavic and Comparative Literature at Harvard. The screening will be followed by a discussion between the film’s director, Judith Wechsler; Tufts Lecturer Marina Aptekman; and Anna Winestein, Executive Director of the Ballets Russes Arts Initiative. In 1980, age 21,…

The Medford Garden Club's annual Movie and Popcorn Night features the documentary 10 Parks that Changed America. The movie focuses on 10 visionaries who transformed neglected spaces into welcoming oases of serenity and natural wonder in the midst of urban hubbub. Find out about the heroes who championed these parks and the villains who tried to thwart them, and learn about the history of city parks and the development of landscape architecture in America. The parks covered in the documentary include the squares…

The Medford Film Collaborative presents the third installment of a new monthly series of thought-provoking films about art and artists with the showing of "Exit Through the Gift Shop." Banksy is a graffiti artist with a global reputation whose work can be seen on walls from post-hurricane New Orleans to the separation barrier on the Palestinian West Bank. He fiercely guards his anonymity to avoid prosecution. An eccentric French shopkeeper turned documentary maker attempts to locate and befriend Banksy, only…

Sanctuary United Church of Christ presents its monthly Faith and Film program. Bring your own beer, wine or soda and experience the places where pop culture meets faith. Attendees watch a current film, followed by a discussion about themes of morality, faith, and humanity led by local theologians and community leaders. This month's film is an entertaining, animated fantasy that reviews say has "intellectual ballast, but it's cleverly disguised. Beneath the easy slapstick, there's a timely moral too: Don't fear the unknown,…