Please join Lorraine Bracco and filmmaker Nazrin Choudhury for a special benefit screening of the Oscar-nominated short film, RED, WHITE AND BLUE.

6:30 PM · Wednesday, September 18TH

Writers Guild Theater · 135 South Doheny Drive · Beverly Hills

Advance tix: $50 · At the door: $75

*A portion of your ticket price will be tax deductible.

Host Committee members include Sasha Alexander, Lorraine Bracco, Jane Fonda, Lauri Firstenberg, Julie Kamins, Mark Ruffalo, Kim Roth, Brittany Snow, & Octavia Spencer.

The screening will be followed by a conversation with filmmaker Nazrin Choudhury, Lourdes Rivera (President, Pregnancy Justice), & Oriaku Njoku (Executive Director, National Network of Abortion Funds) moderated by Jessica Yellin.

Proceeds from the September 18th event in Los Angeles support the film’s impact campaign benefiting:

Pregnancy Justice protects and advances pregnant people’s bodily autonomy and rights by defending those who have been criminalized, advocating for proactive policy and legal change, and shifting the public narrative. We focus on those most vulnerable to investigation, arrest, detention, or family separation related to pregnancy. This includes women and people who are poor, of color, with disabilities, do not conform to gender binary stereotypes, and/or use drugs.

The National Network of Abortion Funds is a network of 100 independent abortion funds. These member funds work to remove financial and logistical barriers to abortion access. NNAF supports member abortion funds by providing grants, leadership development, infrastructure support, and technical assistance. Together with abortion funds, we’re building power and making cultural and political change.

The Purple Parlor Fund is deploying financial capital in support of RED, WHITE AND BLUE’s impact initiative, bringing the film, its dialogue, questions, and impactful story to audiences who have been traditionally closed to the conversation. This particular opportunity will be especially potent in states and locations that are not unequivocally partisan, often referred to as ‘purple,’ where RED, WHITE AND BLUE presents a possibility for common ground and civil reconciliation. Target audiences will be comprised of people from different faiths, economic realities, party affiliations, and levels of political awareness, engaging in discussions that explore how legislation introduced or enacted after Dobbs is impacting the lives, health, and safety of friends, neighbors, and loved ones, including in ways that some may find surprising. The Purple Parlor Fund’s primary goal is to spark many personal and private conversations—beyond the in-theater or talkback experience—which can subsequently take place within families or subsets of communities. Collectively, these many interruptions, in aggregate, can make a meaningful difference this fall and beyond as we head into another pivotal election where issues of economic justice, reproductive rights, and the right to one’s bodily autonomy will disproportionately impact the lives of so many.

★ ☆ ★ RED, WHITE AND BLUE will be headed to San Francisco, Phoenix, Denver, Washington, D.C and Nashville in the upcoming weeks. We will be adding screenings benefitting new partners around the country and dates will be announced shortly. Sign up for updates at rwbscreenings.com.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/15/movies/the-2024-oscar-nominated-short-films-review.html

★ Level Forward thanks its mission-aligned fiscal sponsor Full Spectrum Features for its support of this campaign. ★

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