Shaping Minds #20140620: Ivory Towers

My Dearly Beloved,

Every now and then, it is good to sharpen your mind with some perspective outside of your own. My wife and I believe one of the best ways to sharpen your mind and stay keen on the intellectual development of the world (or growing of society) is through watching documentaries.

I learned about this movie theater in Washington, DC called "E-Street Cinema" during a last minute desire to watch a movie before our move to Friendship Heights. I wanted to see "Edge of Tomorrow" at the Regal in Gallery Place, but the timing didn't work for us. So, my wife said we should go to E-Street Cinema and we did. When deciding on a movie, my wife pointed out that this movie "Ivory Tower" is a documentary. I LOVE documentaries. At last, this became my 1st documentary that I watched in a movie theater. Pretty awesome!

Anyhow, my wife and I really enjoyed this movie. At the end of the movie, I was joking around and saying that we should stay a little through the credits as we might see some extra clips like we do with comic movies. Well, God put the joke on me. A theater director came to the front and announced that a panel discussion would immediately take place now that the movie was over. Anyone who had questions or comments were encouraged to participate. Next, four people who were a big part of the documentary came up to the front of the theater and the dialogue between the panel and the audience began. "How outstanding is this!", I thought. Can you imagine having Ironman (if he were real) approach the front of the stadium seating in the movie theater to answer any questions on how he saved the world? That would blow my mind! Hahahaaa...

After the great discussion and listening to questions and comments, Victoria Sobel, one of the cast and panel members, was selling t-shirts to support her organization's mission and taking photos with people. This is making history and I was so honored that I could get a picture with Victoria. She's awesome!

 

Of course and naturally, I strongly recommend that you go see and support this documentary. I just *liked* them on Facebook. If you're near by the Cooper Union in NYC, I urge you to understand Victoria's organization and movement more. After all, I definitely believe what Peter Cooper believes: education should be free to all.