We hope you’ll join us for a Movie Night at Edenton Street United Methodist Church in Raleigh, North Carolina (228 W Edenton St, Raleigh, NC 27603).

We will be watching The Peanut Butter Falcon. This 2019 film has won awards and broken down barriers for the Disability community. In the Hollywood & Entertainment section of Forbes Magazine, Kristen Lopez writes, “Starring newcomer Zack Gottsagen as a man with Down Syndrome going on an adventure to meet his favorite wrestler, The Peanut Butter Falcon is a Mark Twain-esque tale of friendship, family, and breaking down ableist thinking to allow for greater independence.” Read more of Lopez’s review here.

This is a free event. You are welcome to bring some snacks. Theatre candy and water will be provided. 

Location: Kerr Hall at Edenton Street UMC, Raleigh

Park and enter at the back of the church (opposite the main entrance off of Edenton Street).

Please use 122 N. McDowell Street, Raleigh, NC if you are using a GPS for direction.

Covid-19 Policy: Masks are required indoors while not actively eating or drinking. We will provide free masks to anyone who needs one. Temperatures will be taken at the door. Thank you for helping us protect the most vulnerable among us.

This movie is rated Rated PG-13. Child care will be provided for youth under 13 years old (RSVP for childcare required by August 22). Please keep in mind that L’Arche NC cannot provide personal care or one-on-one behavioral support. Please invite a caregiver or loved one to join you if you or your child require these types of support. 

To RSVP for child care, click HERE.

We chose this movie because representation matters!

From Collider.com: Out of one hundred most popular movies released in the year 2017, 2.5% of characters in those films were depicted as having a disability. Of that amount, the majority were depicted as having a physical or communicative disability. In television, a study shows that 95% of characters depicted with a disability were portrayed by actors without a disability. Very rarely are our screens graced with a feature film or series that stars a character with a disability being played by an actor with a disability. A notable exception is 2019’s The Peanut Butter Falcon. The film stars Zack Gottsagen, a natural-born leading man with Down’s syndrome. What makes The Peanut Butter Falcon such an important step in the right direction for disability representation in film is not just in the casting, but in how the story unfolds.

We have purchased a movie license from Swank Motion Pictures, Inc. to share this movie publicly (1923977-1).

We are grateful for a Summer Program Grant from the North Carolina Council on Developmental Disabilities that made this movie night possible.