Meet God at the Movies

April is Earth Month so at 6:30pm on Monday, April 10*, Meet God at the Movies will discuss two of the nominated 2023 short documentaries related to animals and a changing climate: The Elephant Whisperers and Haulout.

The Elephant Whisperers won the Oscar for Best Documentary Short. The Indian-American short film follows a couple that cares for an orphaned baby elephant. Haulout follows a man waiting in his hut in the desolate expanse of the Russian Arctic. He is holding out in order to observe a natural event that occurs there, every year, but ocean warming is taking its toll.

The Saint Philip’s movie discussion group gathers every month via Zoom to explore a film and plumb it for theological content in the areas of creation (what is the world of the story like); what is broken/where is sin; is there a moment of turnaround, repentance; and where is redemption or the reign of God visible.

All are welcome to join the discussions, but registration is required. You can register here.

The Elephant Whisperers and Haulout can be streamed on Netflix.

*Meet God at the Movies usually meets on the third Monday of every month but in April, it will meet on Monday, April 10, to avoid conflict with the Rising Stars concert event on Monday, April 17.