Humanist Film Series: Pleasantville

Join us the second Friday of each month for an entertaining and discussion-worthy film as part of the Humanist Film Series. Next up, on June 13, we'll be screening Pleasantville (1998 - PG-13).

This moral fable about the difficulties of balancing tradition with modernity incorporates a very clever visual technique to signify characters' stages of growing self-awareness. You'll just have to come and see it with us to know what we mean. It features Tobey Maguire and Reese Witherspoon as modern siblings who are 'sent' into a 1950s B&W television sitcom called Pleasantville. The inevitable clash of cultures leads to a variety of difficult choices and lays bare the collateral damage that occurs when a moral code is too inflexible, too binary -- too 'black and white'.

A film truly ahead of its time, Pleasantville's reputation has only grown over the past quarter-century and seems even more timely and relevant today.

It's BYOB but snacks will be provided. Arrive around 6:30pm for the pre-show meet and greet; the film will start promptly at 7:00pm followed by some post-movie discussion for those who care to linger and mingle. Of course, bring a friend, meet a friend, or come make a new friend!

Check out the IMDB link for more (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120789/?ref_=fn_all_ttl_1).

This film series is co-sponsored by HumanistsMN and First Unitarian Society of Minneapolis, a humanist congregation. Please consider supporting one or both of these associations to help cover our costs and build the humanist movement. Click on the embedded links above to donate or join.