Movies on the Grass
Movies on the Grass - Movies with a Consciousness
We have announced the new dates for MOG 2024:
Sundays - Sept. 8, 15, and 22 at 6:30pm
*Movies will begin at 6:30pm but there will be speakers before the events at 6:00pm! Please also bring lawn chairs or blankets.
Movies on the Grass is a free event for K-State and the Manhattan community. Movies on the Grass highlights the annual K-State common read and brings light to social justice issues impacting the world today. This years book is "Deaf Utopia" by Nyle DiMarco. Come learn and grow with us as we learn in community about Deaf culture through our three featured films.
Location is TBD. If there is a threat of weather, don't worry, we will move the movie indoors at Leadership Studies.
First year K-State students can receive credit by attending one of these films connected to the common read.
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FREE POPCORN Provided by AMC Theatres |
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Sept. 8 - "CODA" "As a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults) Ruby is the only hearing person in her deaf family. When the family's fishing business is threatened, Ruby finds herself torn between pursuing her passion at Berklee College of Music and her fear of abandoning her parents." (CODA) |
Sept. 15 - "Concering Barriers: Three Films on Disability and Society" "Concerning Barriers consists of three films that are about disability from the perspective of people with disabilities. The films implicitly and explicitly explores issues and concepts such as accessibility, the medical model versus social model, marginalization, societal response to disability and the Americans with Disabilities Act. These films together create a more three-dimensional portrayal of disability than what is commonly shown in the media." |
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Sept. 22: Sound and Fury: The Communication Wars of the Deaf" "Sound and Fury follows the intimate, heart-rending tale of the Artinians, an extended family with deaf and hearing members across three generations. Together they confront a technological device that can help the deaf to hear but may also threaten deaf culture - and their bonds with each other. For Peter Artinian and his wife, both of whom are deaf, a surgical ear implant for their five-year-old daughter Heather means a choice between two worlds - an unfamiliar hearing world and the deaf world, a robust culture in its own right united by a uniquely visual and artistic language. Heather Artinian - precocious, vivacious, and avidly curious about implant surgery - is caught between her deaf parents and her hearing grandparents, as they argue passionately about her future. The debate is sometimes silent, but by no means quiet."
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Movies on the Grass Fall 2024 |
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