Film

Sunday, January 28, 2-4pm, Grandview Theater & Drafthouse, 1247 Grandview Ave.

How might your life be better with less? “Minimalism: A Documentary About the Important Things” examines the many flavors of minimalism by taking the audience inside the lives of minimalists from all walks of life — families, entrepreneurs, architects, artists, journalists, scientists, and even a former Wall Street broker — all of whom are striving to live a meaningful life with less.

Wednesday, November 29, 7-9pm, Columbus Mennonite Church [sanctuary], 35 Oakland Park Ave.

Sabry Wazwaz is a Palestinian-American who traveled to Palestine in 2014 and interviewed families of the children who had been murdered by the Israel Defense Forces [IDF]. He also has many other interviews with people in the U.S., including Norman Finklestein and more. He made a promise to the Palestinian families that he would not take any money from the documentary.

A question-and-answer with Sabry will follow the screening of this film.

Tuesday, November 14, 7-9pm, Gateway Film Center, 1550 N. High St.

“Inhabit” has been called the best film about permaculture ever made. This documentary introduces permaculture, a design method that offers an ecological lens for solving issues related to agriculture, economics, governance, and more. This film asks the question, “What if we could meet human needs while increasing the health and well-being of our planet?”

Tuesday, October 24, 7-9pm, Drexel Theatre, 2254 E. Main St.

“In Defense of Food” tackles a question more and more people around the world have been asking: “What should I eat to be healthy?” Based on award-winning journalist Michael Pollan’s best-selling book, this film explores how the modern diet has been making us sick and what we can do to change it.

Thursday, October 26, 7pm, Drexel Theater, 2254 E. Main St.

Friday, October 13, 7pm, First Unitarian Church of Cleveland, 21600 Shaker Blvd., Shaker Heights, Ohio; Saturday, October 14, 11am, Cleveland Public Library [Louis Stokes Wing Auditorium], 325 Superior Ave., Cleveland, Ohio

This event will be held in Shaker Heights on Friday and in Cleveland on Saturday.

First session: “Wobbly Musical Roadshow,” Friday, October 13, 7:30 p.m., First Unitarian Church of Cleveland, 21600 Shaker Blvd., Shaker Heights, Ohio

Monday, August 28, 7-9pm, Columbus Mennonite Church, 35 Oakland Park Ave.

Today’s program: screening of “Secret State of North Korea” (January 14, 2014) (53:41)

Monday, August 21, 6-7:30pm, YWCA Columbus [Wolfe Room], 65 S. Fourth St.

Join YWCA Columbus for a screening of the HBO Vice News segment “Charlottesville: Race and Terror,” which follows correspondent Elle Reeve behind the scenes with white nationalist leaders, the Charlottesville Police, and Black Lives Matter during the “Unite the Right” rally.

Monday, August 14, 7pm, Grandview Theater & Drafthouse, 1247 Grandview Ave.

The Columbus Area Region of SPAN [Single Payer Action Network] Ohio will host the showing of the recently-released, 50-minute documentary, “Big Pharma Market Failure,” at the Grandview Theater & Drafthouse, 1247 Grandview Ave. This 1926 single-screen theater sells beer as well as pizza, subs, and pastries from local restaurants. The movie is free and all are welcome; a discussion will follow. Come early and enjoy food and drink before the show; stay after the show for discussion, food, and drink.

Wednesday, August 16, 7-9pm, Gateway Film Center, 1550 N. High St.

On Wednesday, August 16 at 7pm, the Columbus Karma Thegsum Chöling [KTC] Buddhist Center will be hosting a Columbus Premier Film event at the Gateway Film Center. The film, “Yangsi,” by filmmaker Mark Elliot, focuses the reincarnation of one of Tibetan Buddhist’s revered meditation masters.