In November and December, the Dryden continues the series of monthly screenings celebrating the power of the human spirit. The films have been selected in the hopes that they will stimulate thought, discussion, passion, and action. Each selection explores the potential of adding meaning to one’s life through contributions, in all manner of ways, to the lives of others.
Flow: For the Love of Water (screening November 22) depicts people around the world fighting for their basic human right to access free water. This provocative wake-up call of a documentary by filmmaker Irena Salina tells how a number of individuals around the world are battling for a better understanding and relationship to the quintessence of our existence.
Oscar®-winning drama A Man for All Seasons (screening December 13) stars the late Paul Scofield as Sir Thomas More in a finely realized retelling of the clash between the spiritually unyielding More and the adulterous King Henry VIII in 16th-century England.