Past Events
Oil & Water
Sunday, October 22, 2017 at 2:00pm
A true story of two boys coming of age as they each confront one of the world’s worst toxic disasters, taking on the implications of the Ecuadorian oil disaster.
Deej
Wednesday, September 27, 2017 at 6:30pm
Deej is a gifted young writer and advocate for nonspeaking autistics. As a child, he was written off as “retarded”. Now a high school student, he is a proponent for others like him and embraces filmmaking and poetry to discover what having a voice can truly mean.
PhillyBloco: Brazilian Music to Shake Your Body and Soul
Wednesday, April 5, 2017 at 6pm
The Light Up The Queen Foundation is proud to present, in cooperation with the Delaware Institute for the Arts in Education and PhillyBloco, the final work product of our 2017 In School Arts Residency Program!
States of Grace
Saturday, April 15, 2017 at 2:00pm
Winner of multiple audience awards, States of Grace intimately captures the profound transformation of a revered physician and her family in the wake of a life-changing accident. For Dr. Grace Dammann, a pioneering AIDS specialist who was honored by the Dalai Lama, a routine commute across the Golden Gate Bridge turned tragic…
Real Boy
Wednesday, March 29, 2017 at 6pm
Real Boy is the coming-of-age story of Bennett Wallace, a transgender teenager on a journey to find his voice-as a musician, a friend, a son, and a man. As he navigates the ups and downs of young adulthood, he works to gain the support of his mother…
Shine A Light on ‘77
Saturday, March 4th, 2017 at 8:00pm
Join the Light Up The Queen Foundation for our annual Shine A Light On The Queen event! This year, we pay tribute to 1977 — when Star Wars dominated the box office, the world said goodbye to The King, and Coneheads became a Saturday Night Live classic.
Hilleman, A Perilous Quest to Save the World’s Children
Febuary 15, 2017
A Documentary by Donald Rayne Mitchell of Flourtown, PA
Though he is responsible for more than half of the vaccines children receive today, Maurice R. Hilleman spent his life in relative obscurity…
Love Thy Nature
Sunday, November 13, 2016 at 2:00pm
Narrated by Liam Neeson, Love Thy Nature is a cinematic journey into the beauty and intimacy of our relationship with the natural world. With mesmerizing artistry and fascinating details, the film explores how nature nourishes us…
You Belong to Me: Sex, Race, and Murder in the South
Sunday, October 16, 2016 at 2:00pm
August 3, 1952. Live Oak, Florida 11:34 am.
Ruby McCollum, age 42, shoots State Senator-elect, Dr. C. L. Adams, firing her .32-caliber revolver four times, before going home and warming a bottle of milk for her baby daughter…
Sweet Dreams
Wednesday, September 28, 2016 at 6:30pm
Ingoma Nshya is Rwanda’s first and only all women’s drum troupe. Made up of women from both sides of the 1994 Rwandan genocide, the troupe offers a place of support, healing and reconciliation. When the group decides to…
