The First Tuesday Social Action Film Festival


The First Tuesday of each month at 7:00pm the UUCOC hosts free screenings of socially relevant films followed by a (usually intense) discussion of actions we can take.

CoSponsored by the Dallas Peace Center

Click here to review the films we've screened since October of 2006.  



March 2nd
Aristide and the Endless Revolution
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Aristide and the Endless Revolution

Our co-sponsors for this film include 
the Dallas Peace Center

Nicolas Rossier presents an intelligent examination of the 2004 coup d'etat in Haiti and the international self-interests which have suppressed democracy and reform in this impoverished country.

April 6th:
Rethink Afghanistan
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Rethink Afghanistan

Our co-sponsors for this film include 
the Dallas Peace Center

Rethink Afghanistan is a ground-breaking, full-length documentary focusing on the key issues surrounding this war. Please visit the website to join in the discussion and support their efforts. The film has been expanded since we screened it originally last year as has concern over the direction of this war.


May 4th:
Garbage!
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Garbage!

Our co-sponsors for this film include 
the Dallas Peace Center.

Garbage! The Revolution Starts at Home is a feature documentary by writer and director Andrew Nisker. Concerned for the future of his new baby boy Sebastian, Nisker asks an average urban family to keep every scrap of garbage that they create for three months. He then takes them on a journey to find out where it all goes and what it's doing to the world.

Everyday life under a microscope has never been so revealing. By the end of this trashy odyssey, you are truly inspired to revolutionaize your lifestyle for the sake of future generations.


June 1st:
Winter Soldier Poster


Winter Soldier

Our co-sponsors for this film include 
the Dallas Peace Center.

This 1972 documentary film chronicles the Winter Soldier Investigation into war crimes in Vietnam.



July 6th:
The Boy Who Plays on the Buddhas of Bamiyan
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The Boy Who Plays on the Buddhas of Bamiyan

Our co-sponsors for this film include 
the Dallas Peace Center.

Through the eyes of eight-year-old Mir Hussain we see the destruction of his town in post-Taliban Afghanistan. We see the ever-present militarization and the welcomed but watched presence of the Americans. Mir is fun, cheeky, inquisitive, energetic and bright. He also lives in a cave and owns virtually nothing - though to him this is normal; it is all he's known. His engaging story is not one of gloom and doom but that of a normal child who takes life as it comes and finds entertainment wherever he can. His playground is the rubble and tunnels of the destroyed Buddhas of Bamiyan, the shelled and burnt-out town bazaar and the orchard of the local militia.


August 3rd:

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The Corporation

Our co-sponsors for this film include 
the Dallas Peace Center.

Winner of 25 INTERNATIONAL AWARDS including 10 AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARDS Explore the nature and spectacular rise of the dominant institution of our time. Footage from pop culture, advertising, TV news, and corporate propaganda illuminates the corporation's grip on our lives. Taking its legal status as a "person" to its logical conclusion, the film puts the corporation on the psychiatrist's couch to ask, "What kind of person is it?" Provoking, witty, sweepingly informative, THE CORPORATION features 40 interviews with corporate insiders and critics - including Milton Friedman, Noam Chomsky, Naomi Klein, and Michael Moore - plus true confessions, case studies and strategies for change.


September 7th:
Made in L.A. Poster

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Made in L.A.

Our co-sponsors for this film include 
the Dallas Peace Center.

In intimate observational style, this Emmy award-winning feature documentary follows the remarkable story of three Latina immigrants working in Los Angeles garment sweatshops as they embark on a three-year odyssey to win basic labor protections from trendy clothing retailer Forever 21.



October 5th:
The Witness Cover

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The Witness

Our co-sponsors for this film include 
the Dallas Peace Center.

How does a construction contractor from a tough Brooklyn neighborhood become an impassioned animal advocate?

In this award-winning documentary, Eddie Lama explains how he feared and avoided animals for most of his life, until the love of a kitten opened his heart, inspiring him to rescue abandoned animals and bring his message of compassion to the streets of New York. With humor and sincerity, Eddie tells the story of his remarkable change in consciousness.


November 2nd:
Question Mark Poster


T.B.A.

Our co-sponsors for this film include 
the Dallas Peace Center.




December 7th:

Renewal Project
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Renewal Project

Our co-sponsors for this film include 
the Dallas Peace Center.

Across the nation, people of faith are standing up for the environment. Evangelical Christians are fighting mountaintop removal, a coal mining process that is decimating Appalachia. Muslims are supporting sustainable farming. Jews are helping children experience the bond between nature and spirituality. Interfaith Power and Light is mobilizing people of all faiths in a religious response to global warming. For the first time, the combined energy of these diverse activists is the driving force behind a feature-length documentary, entitled RENEWAL. Veteran film producers Marty Ostrow and Terry Kay Rockefeller have crisscrossed the country to capture these exciting stories of people whose passion and deep moral commitment are making a difference in a time of grave ecological threats.



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