LLI Movies that Matter uses the power of documentary films to educate inform and create dialogue. The series of documentaries selected this coming year focus on important current and challenging social issues of our time. A moderator will introduce each film and facilitate discussion with local experts.

In this Emmy-winning documentary, acclaimed Muslim filmmaker Deeyah Khan travels to U.S. from the U.K. to meet U.S. neo-Nazis and white nationalists face to face. Attending the now infamous “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, she seeks to understand the personal and political motivations behind the resurgence of far-right extremism in America. Speaking with proponents of alt-right ideologies, Deeyah attempts to discover new possibilities for connection and solutions. Khan chooses to engage, rather than dismiss the most extreme individuals she meets. As she tries to see beyond the headlines to the human beings, her own prejudices are challenged and her tolerance tested.

Using skills that are part investigate journalist and part psychotherapist, she seeks to learn what drives such hatred and forces people to face her, their so called enemy. With the far-right gaining ground in German elections, hate crime rising in the U.K. and divisive populist rhetoric infecting political and public discourse across western democracies, “White Right” asks why.

Speakers: Brian Jackson, Assistant Chief of Police, Lincoln Police Department; Scott Kurz, Community Response Coordinator, Anti-Defamation Leagure, Plains States Region (Serving Nebraska, Iowa and Kansas)

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Day/Date: Thu, Oct 10
Time: 7-9 p.m.
Location: Cornhusker Bank, Community Room,
8310 O St. Park and enter on the north side.

This event is free and open to the public.

Registration is require. Membership is not required.