Cathedrals: a film by Don Wright & Dan Algrant

The Greenfield Public LIbrary welcomes Don Wright, local activist and filmmaker, on Tuesday, November 4 at 5:30 pm with the critically acclaimed new documentary *Cathedrals.*

In a town where everyone knows Don Wright, the Greenfield resident and peer-to-peer leader is a pillar of support, helping countless people through both personal interactions and various organizations. However, when renowned movie director Dan Algrant, who worked with Wright on a 1976 film about the Boston affordable housing project “Cathedrals,” sets out to find him, he embarks on an eye-opening journey. 

Decades after making a Super-8 film together about kids living in a housing project in Boston’s South End, filmmaker Dan Algrant (Naked in New York, Greetings from Tim Buckley) embarks on a personal journey to reconnect with his co-director, uncovering challenging questions about race, class, and disparities of power that complicate and compliment the film’s own narrative. After falling out of touch for 50 years, his quest becomes a powerful exploration of the bonds that tie us together, the experiences that shape our identities, and the possibilities that form when different paths momentarily converge

 Through the lens of a creative collaboration, *Cathedrals*  illuminates the struggles and triumphs that define life in a close-knit community, ultimately reaffirming the importance of human connection and the power of collective memory.

Doors open at 5 pm; the film will start promptly at 5:30 pm, with a brief Q&A discussion to end the program. Light refreshments will be served.

For more information, contact Pamela McBride at pamela.mcbride@greenfield-ma.gov, or call (413) 772-1544.

This program, generously sponsored by the Friends of the Greenfield Public Library, is free and open to everyone in our community.