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Stone Belt to Sponsor MOSAIC, A Diversity Film Festival
Diversity Theatre, a program of the City of Bloomington Community and Family Resources Department, is presenting the 3rd MOSAIC Film Festival, beginning Saturday, February 27 at the Monroe County Public Library auditorium at 11 a.m., and continuing throughout the week at various locations through Saturday, March 6.
Films to be shown at the Kirkwood branch of the library on February 27 will highlight poverty and homelessness. Additional showings of selected films will take place on Tuesday, March 2 at Rhino’s beginning at 7 pm, and on Wednesday, March 3 at Rachel’s Café beginning at 7 pm.
Films for children focusing on disability and accepting differences will be shown on Saturday, March 6 at the Ellettsville Branch of the Monroe County Public Library, beginning at 1 p.m. Included among films for children is one by Bachelor Middle School students. All MOSAIC events are free and open to the public.
For a complete listing of shows and further details visit http://bloomington.in.gov/mosaic.
Participants will have the opportunity to discuss the movies and the issues they highlight with some of the filmmakers and with representatives of local agencies which are co-sponsoring MOSAIC and which provide services in the areas of poverty, homelessness and disability. Additional sponsors include several departments and programs at Indiana University. Detailed information on the films will be posted on the City of Bloomington’s MOSAIC Film Festival web site, www.bloomington.in.gov/mosaic. Below is a list of some films to be featured:
What’s Going On? Poverty in America
28 minutes (Zenger Media)
Actor Tim Robbins sees poverty and homelessness in New York City. Meet Jessica, who cares for siblings while her dad works long hours for low pay, and J.R., who thinks shelter life is like being in prison.
Fast and Reliable
8 minutes ( Media that Matters)
Documentary about a formerly homeless man who runs a bike messenger business in New York City.
Almost Home
25 minutes (Fanlight Productions)
A raw and unsentimental look at the lives of children in a homeless shelter.
The film “Homelessness in the U.S.” was filmed by students at Batchelor Middle School and won a prize at a festival of films by children in Hollywood, California. The film “Hard Life” documents the journey of three men from this area from homelessness to recovery.
Agencies partnering with Diversity Theatre for the MOSAIC Festival include the Shalom Community Center, Stone Belt Arc, Centerstone, and others. Joel Rekas, director of the Shalom Community Center, will be one of the discussants. Others will be announced later.
Stone Belt is honored to have been asked to be a community sponsor for this important event.
For more information, contact Audrey Heller at hellera@indiana.edu or Stacee Evans at 855-7867.