Films that Make a Difference

The first film the Golden Way screened was Children of the Civil Rights, a documentary that depicts the events surrounding the peaceful sit-ins by young people at Katz’ Drugstore in Oklahoma City. This was followed by a discussion with Director Julia Clifford and local civil rights protestors. 

In 2022, the Golden Way hosted a three part event screening the PBS documentary Race the power of an Illusion.  The science of race, History of Race in America, and Institutional Racism were each followed by a discussion linked to the current situation and recent events in St Augustine led my local experts and activists

The Golden Way screen thee films: Homeless to Harvard, Give me a shot of anything, and Push! Unaffordable housing addressing homeless families and youth, the health and welfare needs of the unsheltered homeless, and commoditication of houseing resulting in rentals and purchase of modest homes beign unaffordable by the working poor, and lower middle income professionals such as teachers, first responders, nurses and other healthcare workers. After the film discussions were led by local experts working to address homelessness in St Johns COunty