The April Faith & Film screening of Wit is a collaboration with the 2024 Berkeley Palmer Lecture.* Mike Nichols directs this mesmerizing adaptation of Margaret Edson's 1999 Pulitzer Prize-winning play about dying and death that will soften the heart of anyone who sees it. Rev. Dr. Labberton will join us for the screening and will help lead the discussion afterwards. This month the film screening will start at 7:30pm.
"Made for HBO, Wit is a drama both intelligent and heartbreaking, starring Emma Thompson as a woman dying of cancer. She is an English professor who filters her own suffering through the disciplines of the poetry she loves. She was always a proud, independent woman who stood apart from others--and now, at the end, she is alone. The movie is merciless in showing how hospital routine robs her of her dignity. And awesome in the way she struggles with every ounce of her humanity to keep her self-respect.” - Roger Ebert
*On Saturday, April 13, 2024, the Reverend Dr. Mark Labberton will speak on “The Wonder and Tyranny of Fear” for the annual Berkeley Palmer Lecture. More information and registration is available here: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/newcollegeberkeley/1095174
About the Faith & Film series:
In this series we will examine the potent and relevant medium of film in exploring themes of love, faith, conscience, evil, death, reception, grace, morality, identity, and our yearning for the sacred. Each month we will view a different film––each unique, compelling, and demanding––reflecting our current times. Each film is curated by those who love this artistic medium and will host a conversation following our viewing.
Free Admission. Co-sponsored by New College Berkeley and First Presbyterian Church Berkeley.
Event details:
FPCB is located at 2407 Dana Street, Berkeley, and the event will start promptly at 7:30PM in Geneva Hall, Room G202. This co-sponsored event includes free parking in the FPCB underground parking lot (on Channing Way). Please leave a note on your dashboard indicating the event you are attending.
Free admission for Film Series.
Location: First Presbyterian Church of Berkeley, 94704