“Stars and Strife…United We Stand, Divided We Fall”. Image courtesy Virgil Films
Chaffee residents are invited to join a community discussion focused on exploring the divisions in America that are impacting all of us, emotionally and economically. The Truth Has a Voice Foundation is sponsoring a free showing of the 2020 documentary, “Stars and Strife”, at 7:00 p.m. on April 27 at the Buena Vista Community Center, 715 East Main Street.
The film’s premise: “A common-sense majority is exhausted and eager for solutions. But they’re up against a hate industry devoted to contempt and division. Our politics value opponents’ demise over dialogue — and our elected officials put party over country.”
The film asks “Can we come together and protect ourselves or are we divided forever?…can we rediscover empathy — the lost heart of our country?”
The film is both cautionary and optimistic, as it follows the rise of anger and hate swelling in American culture, along with the loss of a political center in politics. While accurate in its portrayal of the current state of the two-party system and our dysfunctional federal government, the film ends with positive ideas on how we can break the cycle that started over 60 years ago.
From the beginning trailer with its fast-moving newsreel clips, historical still shots, and animation, the film remains visually compelling and never stops holding your attention. You’ll recognize a veritable “Who’s Who” of politicians, White House staff, business people, and thought leaders on camera, speaking from the heart about their learned experiences.
The documentary will be followed by a facilitated community discussion led by Anderson Horne of Colorado Mountain College. Join the Truth Has a Voice Foundation and your neighbors from all along the political spectrum in learning how we got here and how we can find common ground and demand that sitting politicians find a better way of doing the nation’s business…for all of us.
As the writer, director, and filmmaker David Smick says “Why are we wasting so much of our nation’s energy on hate, when we could be spending that energy and doing some amazing things?”
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