Winter 2009 - Friends in the movies
Join local Quakers to see classics
Where: Quaker Meetinghouse
2012 Chapala, just above Mission St.
When: 7 p.m.
What: Spend Friday evening with your family. Get a peek at how Quakers, through small deeds, make a huge impact on American social fabric.
Children: Bring little ones in PJs. A children’s film will be available in another room.
January 30: Friendly Persuasion
(1956 Oscar Nominee) Indiana Quakers disagree over their son’s desire to join the Civil War. Gary Cooper, Anthony Perkins, Dorothy McGuire. Screenplay written by blacklistee Michael Wilson.
February 27: Iron Jawed Angels
(2004 Golden Globe winner) Defiant young activists (including Hilary Swank, and Anjelica Huston) take the women’s suffrage movement by storm, putting their lives at risk to with the right
to vote.
March 27: The Courageous Mr. Penn
(1941) English Quaker William Penn fights religious persecution and founds the colony of Pennsylvania, Clifford Evans and Deborah Kerr.
A fine historical drama.
