Film

Monday, August 28, 7-9pm, Columbus Mennonite Church, 35 Oakland Park Ave.

Today’s program: screening of “Secret State of North Korea” (January 14, 2014) (53:41)

Monday, August 21, 6-7:30pm, YWCA Columbus [Wolfe Room], 65 S. Fourth St.

Join YWCA Columbus for a screening of the HBO Vice News segment “Charlottesville: Race and Terror,” which follows correspondent Elle Reeve behind the scenes with white nationalist leaders, the Charlottesville Police, and Black Lives Matter during the “Unite the Right” rally.

Monday, August 14, 7pm, Grandview Theater & Drafthouse, 1247 Grandview Ave.

The Columbus Area Region of SPAN [Single Payer Action Network] Ohio will host the showing of the recently-released, 50-minute documentary, “Big Pharma Market Failure,” at the Grandview Theater & Drafthouse, 1247 Grandview Ave. This 1926 single-screen theater sells beer as well as pizza, subs, and pastries from local restaurants. The movie is free and all are welcome; a discussion will follow. Come early and enjoy food and drink before the show; stay after the show for discussion, food, and drink.

Wednesday, August 16, 7-9pm, Gateway Film Center, 1550 N. High St.

On Wednesday, August 16 at 7pm, the Columbus Karma Thegsum Chöling [KTC] Buddhist Center will be hosting a Columbus Premier Film event at the Gateway Film Center. The film, “Yangsi,” by filmmaker Mark Elliot, focuses the reincarnation of one of Tibetan Buddhist’s revered meditation masters.

Saturday, July 29, 1:30-8pm, St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 30 W. Woodruff Ave.

Join the People’s Justice Project, Democratic Socialists of Central Ohio, and International Socialist Organization [ISO] Columbus for a free screening of Ava DuVernay’s award winning documentary “13th.”

Wednesday, June 21, 6:30-8:30pm, Clinton Heights Lutheran Church, 15 Clinton Heights Ave.

Consider honoring the Summer Solstice and Planet Earth by seeing the award-winning documentary, “From the Ashes,” presented by the National Geographic Society and produced by RadicalMedia.

This film shows the complexities and challenges of going “off coal” while giving a future and jobs to the families that have depended on coal for a century.

Monday, June 12, 7-9pm, Columbus Mennonite Church, 35 Oakland Park Ave.

Today’s program: screening of film “Disturbing the Peace” (87 minutes)

Thursday, June 29, 7-10pm, Drexel Theater, 2254 E. Main St.

“I Am Evidence” tells the story of four rape survivors whose rape kits went untested for years and follows them as they navigate their way through the criminal justice system and learn that so often, that system is broken.

The film reveals the historic nature of the way that we treat the crime of sexual assault in this country and the positive effects that occur when perpetrators are held accountable and survivors are given an opportunity for healing and justice.

Sunday, June 25, 2-4pm, Studio 35 Cinema & Draft House, 3055 Indianola Ave.

Thursday, May 25, 7-8:45pm, Northern Lights Branch Library, 4093 Cleveland Ave.

What happens when we die? What’s our next stop, and will we just turn to dust? Are we finished with the death of our body? These and many more questions are dealt with on a train journey that combines fiction and research.