Joe Brummer Consulting, LLC in partnership with Middletown Youth Services, the Greater Middletown Community Collaborative, and the Middletown Racial Justice Coalition will be bringing the documentary film “Circles” to CT on August 23, 2018. We will be screening the film on August 23rd at the Middletown High School. Doors will open at 5:30pm and the film will start promptly at 6:00pm. Immediately following the film, we will be holding a restorative circle with Eric Butler.
The Screening of the film is a FREE Event. The circle to follow with Eric Butler requires and ticket. Tickets are $15.00 for adults and $5.00 for students.
About the Film:
Eric Butler, a Hurricane Katrina survivor and pioneer of the restorative justice movement, relocates and finds work at an Oakland, California, high school enforcing his no-nonsense approach to counseling vulnerable Black and Latino teenagers. Shot over two years, the film follows Butler’s impassioned efforts to nurture troubled youth and keep them in school, fighting racial discrimination by replacing snap suspensions and expulsions with gritty, intimate and honest mentoring.
But when his own teenage son is arrested and beaten in jail, he begins to question his methods and ability—not just as a teacher, but also as a father. With incredible access, Circles is an inspirational portrait of a father desperate to provide his son with the leadership and compassion he never received from his own.
Event Info:
August 23, 2018
Middletown High School Auditorium
Registration at 5:30pm
Movie starts promptly at 6:00pm followed by a circle with Eric Butler
