Please join Lynn Flippin Bugg, Steve Cohen, Robin Formanek, Llewellyn Hall, Mary Miles Loveless, Gwen Graves Maxwell, Nikki McVean, Deanie Parker, Beverly Robertson, and Barbara Sysak for a special benefit screening of the Oscar-nominated short film, RED, WHITE AND BLUE.

6:00 PM · Monday, October 21st

Malco Paradiso · 584 S Mendenhall Rd · Memphis, TN 38117

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

The screening will be followed by a panel discussion.

Proceeds from the October 21st event in Tennessee support the film’s impact campaign benefiting:

CHOICES: Center for Reproductive Health is an independent, nonprofit community health agency that provides patient-centered medical care and champions sexual and reproductive rights. With locations in both Memphis, Tennessee, and Carbondale, Illinois, CHOICES provides a full spectrum of reproductive health services, including medication and procedural abortions, midwife-led prenatal care and births, gender affirming care, HIV testing/prevention, and more.

SisterReach is a Memphis, TN based grassroots 501c3 non-profit supporting the reproductive autonomy of Black women, women and teens of color, poor and rural women, gender expansive people, and their families through the framework of Reproductive and Sexual Justice. Our mission is to empower our base to lead healthy lives, raise healthy families and live in healthy and sustainable communities achieved through a 4-pronged strategy of education, policy & advocacy, culture shift and harm reduction.

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. ★

LEVEL FORWARD makes brave stories, produces courageous conversations, and works for enduring impact. A dual-value mini-studio comprised of creatives, entrepreneurs, and change-makers, we work on project and system levels to balance artistic vision, social impact, and stakeholder return. Films include the forthcoming Mountains, Red, White and Blue, The Year Between, Body Parts, The Big Payback, The Assistant, Holler, Rebel Hearts, Topside, You Resemble Me, On The Record, and American Woman. Broadway and live shows include Suffs, How To Dance In Ohio, Parade, POTUS, Slave Play, What The Constitution Means To Me, Sanctuary City, Jagged Little Pill, and Oklahoma! Browse our Tony Award, Spirit Award, Anthem Award-winning and Oscar-nominated creative work at levelforward.co, our conversation library at moretotalkabout.com, or our flagship learning program at sfsgworkshop.com.

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