Virtual Documentary Night: The Tramp and the Dictator [Voting Night]

**YOU MUST WATCH THE FILM ON YOUR OWN BEFORE THIS EVENT**

For this Virtual Documentary Night we have voted to talk about the documentary, The Tramp and the Dictator. While Hollywood proves too cautious to deal with Adolph Hitler’s rise to power in the 1930s, Charlie Chaplin is the exception, crafting “The Great Dictator” as a direct and utterly satirical response to the growing threat of the Third Reich. Using behind-the-scenes film footage rescued from Chaplin’s Swiss villa, Kevin Brownlow’s documentary explores this unique confrontation between one of the 20th century’s most beloved entertainers and its most notorious dictator. Again, you must watch the film before attending this event. Here is a link to where you can watch the film for free.

>>Click here to watch The Tramp and the Dictator for FREE<<

This is a Voting Night, which means at the end of the night we brainstorm and vote to decide as a group what we will watch the following month, so please come ready with your recommendation. The only requirement is that the film must be available to watch online for free. If you need any ideas, you can search through the Flyers Page on the Community Documentary Night website. It is full of flyers based around certain themes and each flyer is full of documentary posters, which are hyperlinked to where you watch the films for free. Something to consider is that next month is December, which is National Human Rights Month, and December 1st is World AIDS Day. Check out the National Human Rights Month flyer or the World AIDS Day flyer if you're interested in recommending a film in honor of these holiday.

Again, you must watch the film on your own BEFORE the event. We will be meeting over Zoom, where we will break out into small discussion groups. We will do multiple rounds of small group discussion, then have a special guest Q&A, before closing out the night with a vote to decide what film we will watch the following month. The Zoom information is listed below.

>>Click here join Zoom Meeting<<
Meeting ID: 875 5525 6659
Passcode: 861888

This event is posted in multiple meetup groups, and on Eventbrite, as well as with members of the Community Documentary Night email list. (Message me if interested in joining the email list) Therefore, THIS RSVP LIST IS NOT REPRESENTATIVE OF HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL BE ATTENDING THE EVENT. So even if you only see one person RSVPed in this meetup group, there will always be others in attendance from other groups. We tend to have at least 20 on average. By inviting numerous groups that increases the likelihood that those in attendance will be from varying backgrounds and beliefs. This is done purposefully to provide everyone with the opportunity to hear a wide range of perspectives.

This event is open to all who are open to all. The one thing we ask is that people allow others to get their full thought out and that any disagreement is voiced in a civil way. Check out the Community Documentary Night website for more info or links to previously shown documentaries.

Thank you and hope to see you there!