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Every so often, we offer a virtual screening of a documentary related to sustainability. In October, we will be showing&nbsp;Andr&eacute; is an Idiot, a 2025 documentary directed by Tony Benna that chronicles the final years of San Francisco advertising executive Andr&eacute; Ricciardi after he was diagnosed with terminal stage-IV colon cancer. &#39;Andre is an Idiot&#39; shows us what it means to live happily, truthfully, and hilariously. In this Sundance award winning documentary, through comedic v&eacute;rit&eacute; sotrytlling and stop-motion interlodes, Andr&eacute; Riccardi sets out to chronicle his final journey after receiving a diagnosis he could have prevented. A discussion with Anita, director of a local cancer org and stage 4 colon cancer survivor follows the film.&nbsp;<img src="http://www.sustainableballard.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/meaningful-movies-300x162.jpg" alt="meaningful movies" width="300" height="162" fr-original-style="" style="cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; max-width: 100%; position: relative; box-sizing: inherit;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable">&nbsp; &nbsp;Sustainable Ballard and Center for Spiritual Living Ballard partner with the <a fr-original-style="" href="https://meaningfulmovies.org/" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Meaningful Movies Project</a> to present documentaries in our neighborhood. To stay informed about future screenings, you can <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/newsletter-form/sign-up-for-our-newsletter-3708" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">subscribe to our newsletter</a> (sent out about once every three weeks). &nbsp;We&#39;d love to hear what you want to see! &nbsp;What topics do you want to explore? &nbsp;Do you have a specific movie to recommend? &nbsp;To provide input, or if you are interested in volunteering with Meaningful Movies Ballard, please e-mail <a fr-original-style="" href="mailto:info@sustainableballard.org" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">info@sustainableballard.org</a> The Meaningful Movies Project is a non-profit organization that assists neighborhoods, groups and individuals organize, educate and advocate using the power of &nbsp;documentary film and relevant conversation to build positive and meaningful community and a more just and peaceful world.Film screenings are always followed by some form of discussion or audience engagement, where education and opportunities for involvement or advocacy are made available. In addition, we rely on, and benefit from one another&rsquo;s knowledge and experience in an environment that fosters a strong undercurrent of community building. Events are all-volunteer organized and run. They are always open to the public at no cost, and rely on donations from attendees to remain sustainable. The events are &ldquo;owned&rdquo; by the community.

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Every so often, we offer a virtual screening of a documentary related to sustainability. In October, we will be showing André is an Idiot, a 2025 documentary directed by Tony Benna that chronicles the final years of San Francisco advertising executive André Ricciardi after he was diagnosed with terminal stage-IV colon cancer. 'Andre is an Idiot' shows us what it means to live happily, truthfully, and hilariously. In this Sundance award winning documentary, through comedic vérité sotrytlling and stop-motion interlodes, André Riccardi sets out to chronicle his final journey after receiving a diagnosis he could have prevented. A discussion with Anita, director of a local cancer org and stage 4 colon cancer survivor follows the film. <img src="http://www.sustainableballard.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/meaningful-movies-300x162.jpg" alt="meaningful movies" style="cursor:pointer;padding:0px 1px;user-select:none;position:relative;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%" />   Sustainable Ballard and Center for Spiritual Living Ballard partner with the <a href="https://meaningfulmovies.org/" target="_blank">Meaningful Movies Project</a> to present documentaries in our neighborhood. To stay informed about future screenings, you can <a href="https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/newsletter-form/sign-up-for-our-newsletter-3708" target="_blank">subscribe to our newsletter</a> (sent out about once every three weeks).  We'd love to hear what you want to see!  What topics do you want to explore?  Do you have a specific movie to recommend?  To provide input, or if you are interested in volunteering with Meaningful Movies Ballard, please e-mail <a href="mailto:info@sustainableballard.org" target="_blank">info@sustainableballard.org</a> The Meaningful Movies Project is a non-profit organization that assists neighborhoods, groups and individuals organize, educate and advocate using the power of  documentary film and relevant conversation to build positive and meaningful community and a more just and peaceful world.Film screenings are always followed by some form of discussion or audience engagement, where education and opportunities for involvement or advocacy are made available. In addition, we rely on, and benefit from one another’s knowledge and experience in an environment that fosters a strong undercurrent of community building. Events are all-volunteer organized and run. They are always open to the public at no cost, and rely on donations from attendees to remain sustainable. The events are “owned” by the community.

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