HEATHER BOOTH: CHANGING THE WORLD

Viewing dates: Jan. 16-22, 2022

Discussion on Sunday, Jan. 22 at 7:30 p.m. led by Heather Booth and Moderated by Michelle Ostrelich.

Renowned organizer and activist Heather Booth began her remarkable career at the height of the Civil Rights movement. Through her life and work, this inspiring film explores many of the pivotal moments in progressive movements that altered our history over the last fifty years, from her involvement with Fannie Lou Hamer and the Freedom Summer Project to her founding of the JANE Underground in 1964, to her personal relationships with respected leaders such as Julian Bond and Senator Elizabeth Warren. Adding nearly two million African-Americans to the rolls of eligible voters, her strategies are credited as having laid the groundwork for the election of President Barack Obama years later. This documentary is both a reverent portrayal of an unsung progressive hero and a frank look at the realities and practicalities of achieving social change in contemporary America.

Learn more: http://www.schenectadyjcc.org/events/jewish-film-festival/