The Grand Cinema Presents the 5th Annual TCC Diversity Film Festival

Sponsored by the Tacoma Community College

Tacoma, WA – Film buffs from Tacoma Community College have teamed up with staff at The Grand Cinema to curate and present an array of films celebrating the physical, ethnic, racial, and cultural diversity that makes our culture beautiful and vibrant at this year’s  5th Annual TCC Diversity Film Festival. Themes of social change, discovery, and stories from perspectives not often in the spotlight will be at the center the festival hosted at The Grand Cinema between April 12th and 29th.

Films in the festival line-up offer the community opportunities to be entertained and inspired through a mixture of familiar and new films whose genres range from comedic dramas and touching documentaries to foreign and short films. This year’s selections include:

Dancing in Jaffa – A dance instructor brings together long segregated Israeli & Palestinian communities through dance.

April 12th | 2:00 p.m.

Selma – An emotive chronicle of height of the 1960’s civil rights movement led by Dr. Martin Luther King in Selma, Alabama.

April 16th | 2:00 p.m., 6:30 p.m.

The Little Tin Man – A struggling dwarf actor sets out in search of bigger roles, refusing to accept the status quo of being type-cast by his stature. 

April 21st | 2:00 p.m., 6:30 p.m.

Alive Inside – A documentary illustrating the power of music to combat memory loss and restore a sense of dignity and self in patients suffering from dementia and Alzheimer’s. 

April 23 | 2:00 p.m., 6:30 p.m.

Captain Abu Raed – A lonely airport janitor in Amman, Jordan finds friendship unexpectedly after discovering a discarded captain’s hat at work.

April 26 | 2:00 p.m.

A Short Film Series – A series of short films on the topic of diversity, including Born Sweet, Facing Fear, Being Evel, Cargo and more.

April 29 | 2:00 p.m., 6:30 p.m.

Students from TCC pay only $2 a ticket for films in the festival line up, and students from all other schools and colleges enjoy $2 off ticket prices.

Tickets are on sale now and are available at The Grand’s Box Office 

(606 S Fawcett Ave, Tacoma 98402) or online at www.GrandCinema.com