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Summertime Learning at CCPC Summertime offers a different rhythm to our lives and learning and the CE Committee invites you to select one of these film screening and discussion options at CCPC on selected Sundays this summer as we reflect on prejudice and racism throughout our society’s history:
Sunday, July 14, 2013 11:30 a.m. in Geneva Hall
Lincoln
(Rated PG-13) The movie Lincoln is a revealing drama that focuses on the 16th President's tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Abraham Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country and abolish slavery. With the moral courage and fierce determination to succeed, his choices during this critical moment will change the fate of generations to come. -------------------------------------------
Sunday, July 28, 2013 11:30 a.m. in Geneva Hall
Philadelphia
(Rated PG-13) At the time of its release in 1993, Philadelphia was the first major Hollywood film to tackle the medical, political, and social issues of AIDS. Andrew Beckett (Tom Hanks), a talented lawyer at a stodgy Philadelphia law firm, has contracted AIDS but fears informing his firm about the disease. The firm's senior partner, Charles Wheeler (Jason Robards), assigns Andrew a case involving their most important client, but abruptly removes Andrew from the case and fires him from the firm when the lesions associated with AIDS are visible on his face. Because of the firm's reputation, no lawyer in Philadelphia will risk handling Andrew’s discrimination lawsuit, so in desperation, Andrew hires Joe Miller (Denzel Washington), a black lawyer who advertises on television, mainly handling personal injury cases. Miller dislikes homosexuals but agrees to take the case for the money and exposure, and later realizes the discrimination practiced against Andrew is no different from the discrimination Miller himself has to battle against. (CCPC’s own Shawn Woodyard was part of the making of Philadelphia!) -----------------------------------------------------
Sunday, August 4, 2013 11:30 a.m. in Geneva Hall
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (Rated PG) An interstellar cataclysm cripples the Klingon Empire's home world, leading to their Chancellor seeking peace with the Federation. But covert acts attempt to thwart the peace process with the assassination of the Klingon Chancellor. With Captain James T. Kirk and Dr. Leonard McCoy as the prime suspects, the Starships Enterprise-A and Excelsior must attempt to uncover the truth before the conspirators can plunge the Federation and the Klingon Empire into war. The Enterprise crew must help them escape to thwart a conspiracy aimed at sabotaging the last best hope for peace. ---------------------------------------------------
Sunday, August 18, 2013 11:30 a.m. in Geneva Hall
Hairspray (Rated PG) In 1962 Baltimore, Maryland, plump teenager Tracy Turnblad's dream is to dance on The Corny Collins Show, a local TV dance program based on the real-life Buddy Deane Show.[1] When Tracy wins a role on the show, she becomes a celebrity overnight. She then launches a campaign to integrate the show. Hairspray is a social commentary on the injustices of parts of American society in the 1960s. Photo: Chris Ertz