Ethics at the Movies
Ethics at the Movies is our documentary screening series, featuring in-person post-film conversations with members of creative team. Ethics at the Movies has screened over 40 films and brought such distinguished guest artists as Peabody Award winning filmmaker Judith Helfand; photographer and filmmaker Ansley West; Regina Kelly, the inspiration behind the film American Violet; and Foreign Press Association Journalist of the Year Award and Peabody Award winner Saeed Kamali Dehghan, among others.
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Films
Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets
Thursday Sep 18, 7:00 pm, Center for Ethics, Room 102. Patrons and staff celebrate their last night together at a soon to close dive bar in the acclaimed Sundance-lauded documentary, BLOODY NOSE, EMPTY POCKETS by the Ross Brothers. Q&A with Director Turner Ross.
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King Coal
Thursday, October 9 at 7:00 pm, Center for Ethics, Room 102. A lyrical tapestry of a place and people, KING COAL meditates on the complex history and future of the coal industry, the communities it has shaped, and the myths it has created. Includes Q&A with director Elaine Sheldon.
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Procession
Thursday, November 20 at 7:00 pm, Center for Ethics, Room 102. Six midwestern men — all survivors of childhood sexual assault at the hands of Catholic priests and clergy — come together to direct a drama therapy-inspired experiment designed to collectively work through their trauma. Q&A with director Robert Greene.
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Winn
Thursday, March 19, 2026, Center for Ethics, Room 1202. Pamela Winn fights to end the shackling of incarcerated pregnant women in Georgia. Q&A with Adesola Thomas, Writer / Director TICKET INFORMATION COMING SOON.
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Sister Salad Days and The Giverney Document
Thursday, March 19, 2026 at 7:00 pm, Center for Ethics, Room 102. Sister Salad Days: When a realm traveling double-dutcher’s religious father forces her to get married, she enlists her friends and fiancé to stop the wedding and free her older sister whose soul is trapped on their father’s land. The Giverney Document: Filmed on location in Harlem, USA and in Claude Monet’s historic gardens in Giverny, France, the film is a multi-textured cinematic poem that meditates on the safety and bodily autonomy of Black women. TICKET INFORMATION COMING SOON.
Natchez
Thursday, April 9 at 7:00 pm, Center for Ethics, Room 102. Natchez captures an unsettling clash between history and memory through a small Mississippi town reliant on antebellum tourism to survive. Who gets to tell America’s story? TICKET INFORMATION COMING SOON.