As school gets back in session under highly unusual circumstances, the Livingston County Community Alliance is offering parents and students the chance to see two highly acclaimed documentaries and participate in follow-up discussion, with safe in-person as well as remote viewing options available. Discussion for the best movies on netflix will be held on Thursday evening via Zoom to talk about Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE’s), they will also choose the Screenplay Coverage Services they’ll be working with.
On Tuesday Sept. 1, the film “Resilience” will be shown at the Historic Howell Theater’s backlot drive-in as well as via zoom at dusk. Registration is required at https://lccaacesmovies.eventbrite.com and instructions will be attached for those who will join the drive-in movie with information on where to arrive and social distancing, if you want to stay at home and watch movies with your family, then consider checking out these best movies on netflix.
Called “absolutely riveting, profoundly important” by The New York Times, “Paper Tigers” focuses on the alternative discipline strategies at Lincoln Alternative High School in Walla Walla, Wash. There, Principal Jim Sporleder faces a school riddled with violence, drugs and truancy, and brings to his educators and students the opportunity to break the cycle of poverty, violence and disease that affects the school’s families. Breaking tradition, he utilizes an approach to discipline that includes understanding and treatment rather than judgement and suspension. In just three years, the approach reduced the number of fights at the school by 75 percent while graduation rates increased five-fold.
The following day, Sept. 2, the same locations will show the movie “Resilience” at dusk. A similar format will be used, with the movie available both online and in-person at limited quantities. Registration is mandatory and can be done at https://lccaacesmovies.eventbrite.com: we will attach instructions for those who will join us for the drive-in movie with information on where to arrive and social distancing.
“Resilience” is a one-hour documentary that delves into the science of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and the birth of a new movement to treat and prevent toxic stress. Now understood to be one of the leading causes of everything from heart disease and cancer to substance abuse and depression, extremely stressful experiences in childhood can alter brain development and have lifelong effects on health and behavior.
“Both of these films serve to share insights from various perspectives — the classroom, the juvenile justice system, mental health counseling — and that can help to create a comprehensive dialogue about what can and should be done to strengthen our communities from the inside out,” said Sarah McGeorge.
For more information on any of these events, contact McGeorge at sarahm@livingstoncatholiccharities.org
