A New View Film Series
2024–2025
A New View Film Series will journey outside everyday life to explore new world views through the screening of four films and seeks to promote appreciation and foster respect for differences through the lenses of interfaith understanding and appreciation for diversity, social justice, and belonging.
Eidson-Duckwall Recital Hall
7:00-9:00 PM, Free admission
Each screening will be followed by a discussion with the audience
Butler Cultural Requirement (BCR)
Mission: JOY | September 19, 2024
MISSION: JOY is a film that shares the humor and wisdom of two of the world’s most beloved icons, His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu. These two Nobel Peace Prize Laureates united for one final mission: to show the world how to live with JOY, even in troubled times.
And they know what they are talking about. They both lived through extreme hardship and continued to live with JOY despite their circumstances.
An Evening with Filmmaker Dija Henry | November 13, 2024
In an age of rapid change and increasing polarization, the CEO and Founder of Blue House Entertainment, Dija Renuka Henry, will share ideas about the transformational power of storytelling.
The evening will feature two of Dija’s short films: “Breathe” a film about the impact of gun violence, grieving, and trauma, and “Love, Jordan”, designed to inspire conversations about mental health. After each short film, Dija will engage the audience in conversation about her work and how it is changing the world one inspiring story at a time.
Blue House Entertainment is a social impact entertainment company that creates motivational films to facilitate difficult discussions as well as provides education to empower the next generation of diverse storytellers to elevate culture with their stories.
Young Plato | February 6, 2025
YOUNG PLATO charts the dream of Elvis-loving school headmaster Kevin McArevey – a maverick who is determined to change the fortunes of an inner-city community plagued by urban decay, sectarian aggression, poverty and drugs. The all-boys primary school in post-conflict Belfast, Northern Ireland, becomes a hot house for thinking and questioning, as the headmaster encourages the children to see beyond the boundaries and limitations of their community, and sends his young wards home each day armed with the wisdom of the ancient Greek philosophers. The boys challenge their school-friends, parents and neighbors to find alternatives to violence and prejudice, and to challenge the mythologies of war: modeling peace and reconciliation building strategies.
Brother Outsider | April 2, 2025
BROTHER OUTSIDER chronicles the life and work of Bayard Rustin — a visionary strategist and activist who has been called “the unknown hero” of the civil rights movement. A disciple of Gandhi, a mentor to Martin Luther King Jr., and the architect of the 1963 March on Washington, Rustin dared to live as an out gay man during the fiercely homophobic 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. BROTHER OUTSIDER chronicles Rustin’s activism for racial and economic justice, peace, and equality for LGBTQ Americans while illuminating why he has been erased from history. Please join us for this in-person
Special Event post film conversation with Bennett Singer, co-director and Walter Naegle, Bayard Rustin’s Life Partner.
The series is co-sponsored by The Compass Center and Center for Interfaith Cooperation, in partnership with the Jordan College of the Arts.