Film

Friday, February 16, 7-9pm, Wexner Center for the Arts [Film/Video Theater], 1871 N. High St.

Monday, January 29 at 9am-12noon, OSU Moritz School of Law [Drinko Hall] [William B. Saxbe Law Auditorium], 55 W. 12th Ave.

Ohioans To Stop Executions (OTSE) is delighted to present a free screening of The Penalty. The screening will be followed by a talkback session with attorney Allen Bohnert, a Federal Defender who helps lead legal challenges against Ohio execution protocols. Bohnert, an alumnus of the Moritz College of Law, is featured in the film.

The Penalty (86 minutes)

Sunday, January 28, 1-4pm, Studio 35 Cinema & Draft House, 3055 Indianola Ave.

Ohioans To Stop Executions (OTSE) is delighted to present a free screening of The Penalty. The screening will be followed by a talkback session with attorney Allen Bohnert, a Federal Defender who helps lead legal challenges against Ohio execution protocols. Bohnert is featured in the film.

The Penalty (86 minutes)

Friday, January 26, 7-9:30pm, First Community Church [North Campus], 3777 Dublin Rd.

Ohioans To Stop Executions (OTSE) is delighted to present a free screening of The Penalty. The screening will be followed by a talkback session with director Will Francome and Attorney Allen Bohnert, who is featured in the film.

The Penalty (86 minutes)

Sunday, January 28, 2-4pm, Grandview Theater & Drafthouse, 1247 Grandview Ave.

How might your life be better with less? “Minimalism: A Documentary About the Important Things” examines the many flavors of minimalism by taking the audience inside the lives of minimalists from all walks of life — families, entrepreneurs, architects, artists, journalists, scientists, and even a former Wall Street broker — all of whom are striving to live a meaningful life with less.

Wednesday, November 29, 7-9pm, Columbus Mennonite Church [sanctuary], 35 Oakland Park Ave.

Sabry Wazwaz is a Palestinian-American who traveled to Palestine in 2014 and interviewed families of the children who had been murdered by the Israel Defense Forces [IDF]. He also has many other interviews with people in the U.S., including Norman Finklestein and more. He made a promise to the Palestinian families that he would not take any money from the documentary.

A question-and-answer with Sabry will follow the screening of this film.

Tuesday, November 14, 7-9pm, Gateway Film Center, 1550 N. High St.

“Inhabit” has been called the best film about permaculture ever made. This documentary introduces permaculture, a design method that offers an ecological lens for solving issues related to agriculture, economics, governance, and more. This film asks the question, “What if we could meet human needs while increasing the health and well-being of our planet?”

Tuesday, October 24, 7-9pm, Drexel Theatre, 2254 E. Main St.

“In Defense of Food” tackles a question more and more people around the world have been asking: “What should I eat to be healthy?” Based on award-winning journalist Michael Pollan’s best-selling book, this film explores how the modern diet has been making us sick and what we can do to change it.

Thursday, October 26, 7pm, Drexel Theater, 2254 E. Main St.

Friday, October 13, 7pm, First Unitarian Church of Cleveland, 21600 Shaker Blvd., Shaker Heights, Ohio; Saturday, October 14, 11am, Cleveland Public Library [Louis Stokes Wing Auditorium], 325 Superior Ave., Cleveland, Ohio

This event will be held in Shaker Heights on Friday and in Cleveland on Saturday.

First session: “Wobbly Musical Roadshow,” Friday, October 13, 7:30 p.m., First Unitarian Church of Cleveland, 21600 Shaker Blvd., Shaker Heights, Ohio