The Arts Club of Washington Cinematography Committee
&
Emmy Awarded Producer, Todd Clark
Present
FILM & DISCUSSION SERIES:
"Finding Community in Post-Pandemic America"
Tuesday, May 25, 2021, at 6:00 pm
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
ACW Members & Guests Free - Non-Members $10
This week our speaker will be:
Dr. Bernard Demczuk, Ph.D
Featured movie:
Terrence Malick’s epic film,
The New World
SERIES: Curated and hosted by local EMMY Awarded Producer, Todd Clark, this timely series will provide its audiences with a weekly brief panel presentation and full film screening that will explore this idea of Community- and the importance people attach to being a part of a Community that is meaningful, comfortable and stable. With everyone coming out of Covid fears and political chaos, where are people turning to find a community, or communities, where they feel they are trusted and fully part of? Are there currently many new communities or just new versions of past communities? How and why have different communities thrived and others dissolved or become dysfunctional, or even dangerous?
SPEAKER: On May 18th, the guest speaker will be Dr. Bernard Demczuk, Ph.D, George Washington University, Bernard Demczuk, Ph.D. is a 40-year+ DC resident living in the Shaw community. He is active in community, corporate, academic, labor and government relations. Bernard retired from DC Government in 1998 and again in 2017 from George Washington University after 19 years of service as a vice president and a professor. He is currently an African American Cultural Historian at the University of District Columbia, the NMAAHC, the DC Police Academy and Ben’s Chili Bowl. He is also the Chairman of Ben’s Chili Bowl Foundation. Bernard holds a doctorate in American Studies and African American history and culture from George Washington University (BS, University of Maryland, MS, American University). He lectures widely on Black history and culture, labor history, community relations, and governmental policy.
FILM: The film being screened is The New World (2005). Director Terrence Malick’s epic about the Jamestown colony in Virginia is visually stunning- he deftly captures what it must have been like for the English explorers and settlers to arrive to America’s coast more than 400 years ago, interrupting and- in many cases- destroying the lives of the native inhabitants. The stories that are told through the experiences of both John Smith and Pocahontas remind everyone that a majority of US citizens today trace their ancestry in North America to immigrants, building a foundation for the country based on new opportunity and hard work in harrowing circumstances. Also, the movie reveals the oft-neglected plight of the native peoples whose world was turned upside down when explorers arrived to their land. Rated PG-13 for some intense battle sequences.
This event includes a soft drinks reception, a panel discussion and a movie screening.
The entire event will be outdoors in the patio area weather permitting.
This is the second season of this unique downtown outdoor Film & Discussion Series.
The theme of the 2020 Series was, “Voting, Democracy and the Rule of Law”.
This series made possible by the Arts Club of Washington
and the 2021 Film & Discussion Series Host Committee:
Co-Chair, Kim Dodd, and Supporters, Jerome Barry, and the Embassy Series
Complimentary parking after 6 pm at 2001 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W.
RSVP required, reserve online.
6:00 pm Cocktail Reception
7:00 pm Movie & Discussion
