BUILDING HOPE Film Screenings in Ellsworth and Blue Hill

Community members are invited to attend free screenings of the documentary film, BUILDING HOPE , on Saturday, December 7, 2024, at United Universalist Church of Ellsworth, and Sunday, December 8, at the Blue Hill Congregational Church. The film will begin at 3 p.m. on both days.

The free events are sponsored by Families First, Downeast Community Partners, United Universalist Church of Ellsworth, and WERU Community Radio.

BUILDING HOPE  brings to audiences around Maine and beyond that there is hope for ending the suffering of homelessness.  The stories are complex and hard to bear:  the lack of affordable housing; substance use disorder; anxiety and depression; despair and lack of self-esteem; domestic abuse; trauma; poverty; encampments; incarceration; lost loved ones; brutal weather. How can this happen in “the richest country in the world?” This long U.S. reputation has brought throngs of asylum seekers escaping the fear of cartels and dictators, yearning to be free, hoping for a better life. This is what BUILDING HOPE is about even though it’s hard to even think that there is hope.  But there is. We can all make a difference.

Watch the trailer:  https://vimeo.com/kanelewis/buildinghopetrailer

The film is produced by Richard Kane and Melody Lewis-Kane of Kane-Lewis Productions. Learn more at https://www.kanelewis.com/building-hope-homelessness.