Film
Microcinema #2: Mystery Vessel
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library and Altered Esthetics invite you to: Microcinema #2: Mystery Vessel Please join us for a night of music and film centering around the themes of unsolvable mysteries, artifacts and the uncanny. A local band, "All That," will provide opening music, followed by a short film festival. Snacks and drinks provided, […]
“Equal Means Equal” Screening and Discussion
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library and ERA Minnesota invite you to a screening and discussion of: EQUAL MEANS EQUAL Monday, April 16th, 7-9pm "EQUAL MEANS EQUAL offers an unflinching look at how women are treated in the United States today. Examining both real-life stories and precedent-setting legal cases, director Kamala Lopez uncovers how outdated and […]
Video Variant Episode 3
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library invites you to: Video Variant Episode 3 Thursday, April 19, 2018, 7 - 9PM This is the third installment of a film screening series which features work from the local LGBTQIA+ filmmaker community. The evening will feature short films by seven talented artists: Leila Awadallah, Ari Newman, Jae Shin-Cross, Kara […]
Working for Freedom: The Making of an Activist Scholar Tradition
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library invites you to: Working for Freedom: The Making of an Activist Scholar Tradition A Symposium in Honor of Peter J. Rachleff June 8th and 9th, 2018 Professor Peter Rachleff recently retired from Macalester College after 32 years of hard labor. Today, Peter and his partner Beth Cleary are establishing The […]
Working for Freedom: The Making of an Activist Scholar Tradition
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library invites you to: Working for Freedom: The Making of an Activist Scholar Tradition A Symposium in Honor of Peter J. Rachleff June 8th and 9th, 2018 Professor Peter Rachleff recently retired from Macalester College after 32 years of hard labor. Today, Peter and his partner Beth Cleary are establishing The […]
Community Film Screening on Public Education
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library invites you to: Community Film Screening on Public Education Wednesday, June 13th, 2018 5:30-8:00pm "Our communities need more conversation about education, schools, and learning. Come watch several powerful short films, hear from local educators/youth/advocates, and have shared conversation about the role of public education in a democratic society and how […]
Film Screening: Salt of the Earth
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library invites you to extend your Labor Day celebration by viewing the rarely seen classic film SALT OF THE EARTH Tuesday, September 4, 7pm In 1954, a group of filmmakers, writers, and actors who had been expelled from Hollywood during the Red Scare came together to make a film about a […]
A Crime to Fit the Punishment (Film screening)
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library invites you to a screening and discussion of the documentary film A Crime to Fit the Punishment Wednesday, October 3, 7pm In September, East Side Freedom Library screened the "underground" classic labor film, "Salt of the Earth." It was made in 1954 by blacklisted writers, directors, cameramen, and actors, who […]
East Side Stories: A Selection of Digital Videos by East Side Youth
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library invites you to a special event EAST SIDE STORIES A SELECTION OF DIGITAL VIDEOS BY EAST SIDE YOUTH Saturday, October 13, 1 to 3PM Over the past four years, members of East Side communities have come to ESFL to tell their stories. They have used visual art, weaving, music, dance, […]
Compassion on the Battlefield in WWII (Film)
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library invites you to learn about a new film in the making Compassion on the Battlefield in WWII Thursday, November 8, 7PM Stephanie Manesis is producing/directing a WWII Documentary with a working title of "Compassion on the Battlefield in WWII." It will explore compassion on the battlefield between enemies. It will […]
Cultural Healing Video and Discussion
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library and the Lower Phalen Creek Project invite you to a Cultural Healing Video and Discussion Thursday, December 13th, 2018, 5:30-7:00pm The indigenous people to this land have experienced undoubtedly some of the largest amounts of historical and intergenerational trauma, but through their resilience, they are demonstrating their need and want […]
RESCHEDULED FOR MARCH 6: Made in St. Paul (Documentary Screening)
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThis event has been rescheduled for Wednesday, March 6th at 7PM The East Side Freedom Library invites you to attend a special screening of MADE IN ST. PAUL A new documentary produced by Myers Communications Group and Highland District Council and a conversation with filmmaker Peter Myers and historian Brian McMahon Wednesday, February 20, 2019, […]
Day of Remembrance: Losing and Reclaiming Home (Film and Panel)
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library and the Twin Cities Japanese American Citizens League invite you to join us “Day of Remembrance: Losing and Reclaiming Home” Saturday, February 23, 2019, 7pm Every year, our Japanese American neighbors mark the anniversary of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s signing of Executive Order 9066 on February 19, 1942, calling for […]
Made in St. Paul (Documentary Screening)
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library invites you to attend a special screening of MADE IN ST. PAUL A new documentary produced by Myers Communications Group and Highland District Council and a conversation with filmmaker Peter Myers and historian Brian McMahon Wednesday, March 6, 2019, 7pm Relive 86 years of Ford Motor Company history along Saint […]
Screening of “Sold Out: Affordable Housing at Risk”
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library, ABC Realty, MICAH, and Cookie Cart invite you to a screening and discussion of Sold Out: Affordable Housing At Risk Tuesday, July 9, 2019, 7:30pm Affordable housing is under constant threat from changing economic forces and urban development that break up vital communities. Low-income residents have fewer and fewer options, […]
Screening of “Labor’s Turning Point”
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesOn the weekend marking the 85thAnniversary of the 1934 Minneapolis Teamsters’ Strike The East Side Freedom Library invites you to a screening of LABOR’S TURNING POINT Friday, July 19, 2019, 6:30 pm The Minneapolis Truckers Strikes of 1934 involved many thousands: members of Teamsters Local 574, farmers, secretaries and many others who supported the strike; the […]
Screening of “Jim Crow of the North”
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library, ABC Realty, MICAH, and Cookie Cart invite you to a screening and discussion of Jim Crow of the North Tuesday, July 23, 2019, 7:30pm Why do Minnesotans experience some of the worst racial disparities in home ownership in this country? This new film, produced by filmmakers at TPT-2, delves into […]
Screening of “Detroit 48202: Conversations Along a Postal Route”
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesThe East Side Freedom Library, ABC Realty, MICAH, and Cookie Cart invite you to a screening and discussion of Detroit 48202: Conversations Along a Postal Route Tuesday, July 30th, 2019, 7:30pm Detroit was the poster child for the era of mass production in the United States. It was also a city where redlining determined who […]
Screening and Discussion of “The Killing Floor”
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesAs a follow up to Joseph Hill's August 22 presentation on "The Red Summer," ESFL will screen the brilliant—but rarely seen—dramatic film, "The Killing Floor," which tells a true story of how a group of black and white slaughterhouse workers attempted to break race barriers to build an interracial union during World War I in […]
Screening and Discussion of “Love and Solidarity”
East Side Freedom Library 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, MN, United StatesMonday, September 23, 2019, 7pm "A must see for students, teachers, and activists." —Premilla Nadasen, Assoc. Prof. History, Barnard College LOVE & SOLIDARITY is an exploration of nonviolence and organizing through the life and teachings of Rev. James Lawson. Lawson provided crucial strategic guidance while working with Martin Luther King, Jr., in southern freedom struggles […]