MONTHLY FILM SERIES ON
RACIAL JUSTICE

The Most Vital and Challenging Issue

 The history of atrocities and disempowerment suffered by people of African descent has endured for hundreds of years. People of all cultures have been profoundly affected by the racist attitudes and ignorance has been passed down from generation to generation insidiously. The Baha'i Community recognized the inherent difficulty of the work required to truly establish racial justice. To us it is considered the Most Vital and Challenging Issue.

 The Oak Park Baha'is sponsors a monthly film screening we call the Most Vital and Challenging Issue Film Series. Each screening is followed by an opportunity to deepen our understanding through frank, patient and safe discussion. 

First Friday of Each Month. 

Time: 6:30P M Doors Open, refreshments and greeting
 7:00 PM Film
8:30 PM Discussion
 *Times are approximate. 

 All are welcome however film content may be shocking to all ages, most of all children. Mature audiences are encouraged.

Friday May 3, 2024 at 7:00 PM

Film: Black Boys

In a nation still struggling to rectify its racial legacy - BLACK BOYS illuminates the full humanity of Black boys and men in America.

Friday June 7, 2024 at 7:00 PM

FILM: Pushout: The Criminalization of Girls in Schools

PUSHOUT  is the criminalization and miseducation of African American girls that has led to their alarming high school dropout rate and increase into the juvenile justice system.

Friday July 5, 2024 at 7:00 PM

FILM: Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America (2021)

(Pivotal role HBCUs have played over the course of 150 years)

The history of black colleges and universities in America, which have educated the architects of freedom movements and cultivated leaders in every field.

Friday Aug 2, 2024 at 7:00 PM

FILM: TELL THEM WE ARE RISING: THE STORY OF BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES

Interweaving lecture, personal anecdotes, interviews, and revelations, ACLU deputy legal director Jeffery Robinson draws a stark timeline of anti-Black racism in the United States, from slavery to modern America.