Film
Simply Living will present Climate Refugees: A Global Challenge this Thursday, September 17th, at 6 pm at the Columbus Public Library's Whetstone Branch, 3909 North High Street, Columbus, Ohio 43214. A discussion about the film and about climate change generally will follow the showing! There is no admission fee, but registration is requested.
Showing of film: Palantir: profits, procurement and power |
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Sixty years ago, two teenage sisters walked into history and Selma Sisters March On tells their extraordinary story.
The film follows Alice and Denise, just 16 and 14 years old, who were among the 300 chosen to walk the entire four-day, 54-mile march from Selma to Montgomery. Having watched their parents turned away again and again while attempting to register to vote, the sisters channeled that anger and heartbreak into action, crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge alongside John Lewis and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on the historic final day of the march.
Come join MXGM Ohio in Columbus for a screening of Condemned, a powerful documentary about Keith LaMar’s wrongful conviction and the ongoing fight to free him.
September 4-9, 2026
Three American physicians—Palestinian, Jewish, and Zoroastrian—are united by a single oath to save lives. After volunteering in besieged hospitals in Gaza, they return home determined to fight for the patients and colleagues they left behind, taking their battle from the front lines of war to the halls of Congress.
American Doctor (2026) is an Official Selection of Sundance Film Festival from Academy Award-nominated and Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Poh Si Teng.
Simply Living will present the award-winning documentary film FIX IT: Healthcare at the Tipping Point on Thursday, July 23rd at 5:45 pm at the Columbus Public Library’s Whetstone Branch, 3909 North High Street, Columbus, Ohio 43214. A discussion about the film and about health care issues generally will follow the showing! There is no admission fee, but registration is requested.
Simply Living will present the award-winning documentary film PLANEAT: Nothing Changes the Planet as Much as the Way We Eat on Tuesday, June 30th at 5:45 pm, at the Columbus Public Library's Whetstone Branch, 3909 North High Street, Columbus, Ohio 43214.
Join us for the online premiere of "An Ordinary Insanity", a new 28-minute documentary featuring renowned whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg. Filmed by Oscar-nominated director Judith Ehrlich one year before his death, Ellsberg provides a powerful wakeup call about the global threat posed by nuclear weapons and how we can greatly reduce the danger of nuclear annihilation.
The free premiere will include a panel featuring director Judith Ehrlich, Ellsberg family members, and nuclear weapons experts and activists, followed by a Q&A.
Witness the gripping story of fearless independent journalism as the acclaimed documentary Steal This Story, Please! arrives in Columbus. Directed by Academy Award-nominated filmmakers Carl Deal and Tia Lessin, the film offers an intimate, behind-the-scenes portrait of Amy Goodman and her unwavering commitment to truth-telling over three decades at Democracy Now!.