Event

"MINOR DIFFERENCES"

'CONVERSATIONS' - A FILM SERIES
(Thursday, April 30 - Doors open @ 6:30pm - SEA VIEW THEATRE)
Orcas Open Arts presents a spring film series that hopefully will create enriching conversations and connections. The first film is called "Minor Differences". What do a thief, kidnapper, two murderers and a heroin addict have in common with your child, brother, father? Take away the labels and you'll find these imprisoned teenagers are an awful lot like people you know. MINOR DIFFERENCES introduces five juvenile offenders in maximum security lock-up. We meet them again 18 years later. F
Filmmaker Heather Dew Oaksen did not set out to establish long-term relationships with these jailed teens. But they won her heart and she won their trust. Their powerful first person stories illustrate their struggle to overcome childhood trauma and incarceration as we witness their transformation from boys to men. The evening will begin at 6:30 with live music, soup de jour, beer and wine in the Seaview lounge, and the film starts at 7:30 pm. There is a Q&A with the filmmaker and one of the men featured in the film followed by a reception for informal discussion about how the community can help our youth at risk. Tickets: Adults $10.00 $8.00 Seniors Students FREE - Available at Darvill's bookstore and BrownPaperTickets.com. Co- Sponsored by The Islands Sounder.

INFORMATION: 376-5860