Join us for the fifth film in our Film Discussion Series as we explore 42: The True Story of an American Legend. Films within the Gather as if @ Grand program, Racism: Roots, Resolves, and Results, have been curated by Ms. Linda Carter Pete, who provides a study guide to all registrants in order to

Join us for the 6th film in our Film Discussion Series as we explore Miss Evers’ Boys (TV Movie 1997). Films within the Gather as if @ Grand program, Racism: Roots, Resolves, and Results, have been curated by Ms. Linda Carter Pete, who provides a study guide to all registrants in order to facilitate study,

Gather@Grand Virtual Film Discussion for November 2021 Did You Wonder Who Fired the Gun? A documentary murder mystery about the filmmaker's family, set in lower Alabama, 18 miles north of the Florida state line. On an October night in 1946, S.E. Branch twice shot a man named Bill Spann in the small neighborhood market that

Burden Our second movie this season is Burden. Mike Burden was a Ku Klux Klan member who left the Klan, eventually aligning himself with a Black minister he was once told to assassinate. Meanwhile, Rev. Kennedy preaches a gospel of love from his pulpit. But notably, he and his family soon find that loving one’s

Two Films: Hidden Figures and To Kill a Mockingbird As we remember incidents of police brutality and the killings of Oscar Grant, George Floyd, and Breonna Taylor, it’s worth reevaluating how the media we view has perpetuated racist stereotypes and historical inaccuracies while claiming to take on racism. We can't keep sweeping issues of racism

The Hate U Give Our fourth discussion this season will focus on the movie The Hate U Give. A teenager witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood friend by a police officer and must decide if she will testify. DOWNLOAD: The Hate U Give-studyguide REGISTER

Since 2020 the Dominican Sisters of San Rafael have been offering a special Gather@Grand program providing opportunities to explore systemic racism. We hope you will consider joining us this spring for a 2-day seminar: Engaging White Privilege—Courage and Skills Addressing White Racism. This in-person, highly interactive, seven-hour event focuses on two aspects of exploring and

Our next film is Just Mercy. Just Mercy - After graduating from Harvard, Bryan Stevenson heads to Alabama to defend those wrongly condemned or those not afforded proper representation. One of his first cases is that of Walter McMillian, who was sentenced to die in 1987. This movie is based on a true story. DOWNLOAD