This documentary builds the case that the food industry and the government have acted together in order to change the eating habits of America in a way that has led to widespread obesity in children. The first dietary guidelines issued by the U.S. government 30 years ago overlooked the role...

On Tuesday, May 19 at 4:30 pm join host Carol Boyd for a biography of the civil-rights activist and labor organizer César Chávez. The film follows Chávez’s efforts to organize 50,000 farm workers in California, many of whom were braceros—temporary workers from Mexico permitted to live and work in the United States in agriculture,...

On Tuesday, April 21 at 4:30 pm, Movies That Matter presents The Unknown Known. This film by Academy Award-winning director Errol Morris (The Fog of War) offers a mesmerizing portrait of Donald Rumsfeld, one of the key architects of the Iraq War, and a larger-than-life character who provoked equal levels...

This powerful film odyssey across America explores the change in our national attitude from pride in big dams as engineering wonders to the growing awareness that our own future is bound to the life and health of our rivers. We learn of examples where diverse interests have come together to...

Wisconsin’s Mining Standoff On March 11, 2013, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker signed legislation that rewrote the state’s iron mining laws, paving the way for Gogebic Taconite (GTAC) to dig a 4-mile open-pit iron mine in the pristine woods of the Penokee mountain range. The plan provoked a standoff between GTAC...

Citizen Koch is a 2013 documentary film directed by Tia Lessin and Carl Deal concerning the political influence of American plutocrats following the Citizens United ruling, and of the titular Koch brothers in particular. The film also focuses on the election of Wisconsin governor Scott Walker and his relationship with the Koch Brothers. Citizen Koch was completed using funds from a successful Kickstarter campaign after allegations...

On Tuesday, December 16, A Place at the Table will be screened at the UUFDC at 4:30 pm. Please bring a donation of a non-perishable, healthy food item for the local food pantry in Sister Bay. Hunger. It isn’t just a problem for starving children in a distant third world...

Just in time for the holiday shopping season, Movies That Matter presents a film designed to make you think before you buy. The documentary Trashed will be viewed and discussed on Tuesday, November 18 at 4:30 pm. In this groundbreaking environmental documentary, Academy Award winner Jeremy Irons explores the world’s...

In December 2008, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) auctioned off hundreds of thousands of pristine acres surrounding Utah’s treasured national parks for oil and gas exploitation. Environmental groups protested politely, but one University of Utah student stepped across that proverbial “line in the sand”. Tim DeChristopher entered the BLM...

On Tuesday, September 16, at 4:30 pm Movies That Matters presents ESCAPE FIRE: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare, a film that tackles one of the most pressing issues of our time: how can we save our badly broken healthcare system? American healthcare costs are rising so rapidly that they could...