You asked, we listened! The community has expressed a strong interest in more documentary screenings, and we’re excited to deliver.

Introducing Lens & Learn! Every other month, we’ll showcase a thought-provoking documentary and provide resources for deeper exploration.

This month, we’ll be showing A Road to Home, winner of Best Documentary and Best Directing in a Documentary at the Portsmouth International Film Festival.   

Imagine yourself 18 years old wandering city streets without a place to go to sleep or eat or shelter from the cold. Imagine you’re homeless because your parents kicked you out when they discovered you are gay or transgender. 

This is the subject of A Road to Home, which follows 6 LGBT youth through New York City as they learn to survive in the streets, then struggle to find beds, jobs, and some sense of purpose and direction for their lives. Four have grown up in poverty, two not. Five are people of color, one not. All have been rejected. Their lives typify the experience of the 500,000 homeless youth on American streets every night, 40% of them LGBT. 

Many documentaries are unrated and may not be suitable for teens.

No registration needed, join us in the Meeting Room.

The next screening will be Tuesday, August 19.