The Coolidge Corner Theatre
Your Not-For-Profit Independent Theatre
Coolidge SelectsThe Coolidge Corner Theatre presents the best new documentary films and independent features for full theatrical runs in state-of-the-art digital projection in our intimate exhibition spaces, the 45-seat Video Screening Room and the 17-seat MiniMax. The COOLIDGE SELECTS title is given to films that we feel deserve to be shown in an independent forum, presented the way they were meant to be seen: with an audience. Discussion is the key, and these are the films that will leave you thinking and talking. Previous Selects titles have included hits like TO BE AND TO HAVE, MY ARCHITECT, TARNATION, YOU AND ME AND EVERYONE WE KNOW, NINA SIMONE: LOVE SORCERESS, and more. A JIHAD FOR LOVENow Playing COOLIDGE SELECTS for the Screening Room: Digital Projection  "Rich with compelling, often heartbreaking stories." - Phil Hall, Film Threat Fourteen centuries after the revelation of the holy Qur'an to the Prophet Muhammad, Islam today is the world's second largest and fastest growing religion. Muslim gay filmmaker Parvez Sharma travels the many worlds of this dynamic faith, discovering the stories of its most unlikely storytellers: lesbian and gay Muslims. Produced by Sandi DuBowski (Trembling Before G-d) and Sharma, A JIHAD FOR LOVE was filmed in 12 countries and 9 languages and comes from the heart of Islam. Looking beyond a hostile and war-torn present, it reclaims the Islamic concept of a greater Jihad, whose true meaning is akin to 'an inner struggle' or 'to strive in the path of God' - allowing its remarkable subjects to move beyond the narrow concept of Jihad as holy war. dir. Parvez Sharma, documentary, 81m, in English & Arabic, Farsi, Undu, Hindi, Turkish, French w/English subtitles CONSTANTINE'S SWORDNow Playing COOLIDGE SELECTS for the Mini Max: Digital Projection  To watch a WGBH GREATER BOSTON interview go to www.wgbh.org/gb/ Constantine’s Sword is the story of James Carroll; a former Catholic priest on a journey to confront his past and uncover the roots of religiously inspired violence and war. His search also reveals a growing scandal involving religious infiltration of the U.S. military and the terrible consequences of religion’s influence on America’s foreign policy. Carroll focuses on Christian antisemitism as the model for all religious hatred, exposing the cross as a symbol of a long history of violence against Jews (and, most recently, Muslims). The film brings the history of religious intolerance to life, tracing it as a source of the fanaticism that threatens the world today. At its core, CONSTANTINE'S SWORD is a compelling personal narrative -- a kind of detective story -- as one man uncovers the dark areas of his own past, searching for a better future. dir. Oren Jacoby, documentary, 1h35m RADIO CAPE CODShown in the Minimax theater in HD video. Advance purchase is advised. Limited seating available COOLIDGE SELECTS for the Screening Room and MiniMax: Digital Projection  Held Over! One show Mondays @ 9:45 Directed and produced by Boston's own Andrew Silver, RADIO CAPE COD is a charming quartet of love stories, starring Tamzin Outhwaite as a radio interviewer coming to terms with the loss of her husband and a new love entering her life. All the while she copes with her young teenage daughter experiencing her first love and two close friends dealing with old and new loves. 1h12m |