Ashland Elks Lodge Friday, April 13, 2018 - 5:15 PM

Community Conversations: Intelligent Lives

Community Conversation - Intelligent Lives

Panels & Talks

90 minutes

Friday, April 13

Director(s): N/A

Ashland Elk's Lodge

Synopsis

Friday, April 13: 5:15-6:45pm | Ashland Elks Lodge, 255 E. Main St. (2nd St. & Lithia Way) | FREE (no ticket required)

Join expert discussion facilitators Marla Estes and Kay Sandberg and special guests for in-depth conversations about how three provocative films affected you and other attendees. Your personal responses to the films’ revelations and possible social action points will be the springboard for discussion. See screenings of the powerful films Intelligent Lives, Paul Schrader’s First Reformed, and The Foreigner's Home at AIFF2018, then come to the Elks Lodge and dive in deeper.

With special guest Marianne Leone Cooper, author of Jesse: A Mother’s Story of Grief, Grace, and Everyday Bliss

Marla Estes, M.A. is the founder of the School of the Examined Life. She gives workshops using film watching as a lens for personal growth, and understanding oneself and others.

Kay Sandberg, M.A., is passionate about film as a way to elevate our experience of being human. She has spent her career facilitating conversations that matter including the popular, “OLLI Goes to the AIFF.”