2025 Life Logs, Day 303: Second Nonviolence in Action Film Screening
Date: Wednesday, October 29, 2025
Weather: Overcast, Light Rain On and Off; High Temp 50, Low 47 degrees F
Location: At Home on Lakeview Avenue with My Shadow, Falmouth, MA
The second screening in the Nonviolence in Action film series went smoothly and was moderately well attended, but it was an emotionally difficult evening. At least it was for me, and my reading of the room told me it was equally difficult for others. I had watched the film at least three, maybe four times at home alone. But watching it is a group situation was very different. It seemed to multiply the sadness and anger I had felt when watching it alone. Part of the film showed original footage from the student-led Nashville lunch counter sit-ins in 1960. It is always hard to watch people who have done nothing wrong be attacked physically, to watch the hatred of prejudice in action, but knowing that all those students fought for is currently being ripped away makes it way more difficult to watch. I felt like people left the screening feeling hopeless. And that is never a good thing. I will spend tomorrow trying to figure out the best way to avoid this with next week’s screening.
