Night at the Movies

Looking for a simple but powerful event? Interested in the way spiritual and reproductive justice issues are portrayed in popular culture? Want to hold an event that will both give your members a chance to discuss relevant issues and get to know each other and have a good time?

How about a night at the movies?

Download the Night at the Movies resource here as a pdf:

Full guide
Welcome note
Cider House Rules
Citizen Ruth
Dirty Dancing

Many RCRC affiliates and college and seminary activists have found movie nights an easy way to bring people together, build interest in RCRC related issues, generate discussion and open people's eyes to the importance of our work. To help those interested in putting together similar events we have created this resource, RCRC AT THE MOVIES, a series of suggested movies and TV show episodes that we recommend for movie nights. For each movie or episode we offer a short synopsis and a description of the issues raised, as well as suggested questions for discussion.

Feel free to use those questions, or write your own! We offer this resource to help you get started; how you wish to use it is up to you. Hold a movie night during finals week at your school, watch one of these over a few sessions of the adult education class at your congregation or spiritual community, or show one of these films as part of a larger workshop; the possibilities are endless!

We hope to keep updating and adding to this resource, so please help us in the following ways:

If you hold an event, be sure to let us know about it, and tell us how it goes!

Let us know if these write ups are helpful, and what other questions you come up with.

What other movies or TV show episodes would you suggest we write up?