What response does seeing human suffering demand of us? Filmmaker Julia Haslett seeks an answer in the controversial French philosopher and activist Simone Weil (1909-1943), whose life and work took on this question in a dramatic wayhttp://linestreet.net/We're excited to announce that AN ENCOUNTER WITH SIMONE WEIL will have its CHICAGO PREMIERE at Facets Cinémathèque, May 14-17 @ 7 & 9pm. Click here for more info & tix:  Spread the word!http://linestreet.net/news.php2012-05-10 14:14:08 April 26, 2012 -- Vancouverites: don't miss our upcoming screening at the DOXA Documentary Film Festival, Pacific Cinematheque on Thurs May 10 at 3:45pm.http://linestreet.net/news.php2012-04-25 22:11:32 Come see the film in Texas next week! MON April 2 @ 3:30 PM at the University of Houston,  WEDS APRIL 4 @ 7 PM at Austin Film Society, Alamo Drafthouse –– Director Julia Haslett at both shows. http://linestreet.net/news.php2012-03-28 15:49:19 Don't miss Sunday afternoon's special guest SYLVIE WEIL, award-winning author and niece of Simone; Q & A to follow the 3pm show on March 25; click here for more info & tix. Watch a film clip of Sylvie here.http://linestreet.net/news.php2012-03-24 18:12:05 AN ENCOUNTER WITH SIMONE WEIL opens theatrically this Friday, March 23 at the Quad Cinema, 34 W 13th St; showtimes: 1:00, 3:00, 5:15, 7:00, 9:30. How we do opening weekend determines whether we get extended for a second week.http://linestreet.net/news.php2012-03-20 20:18:14 An Encounter with Simone Weil this Wednesday at the University of Western Ontario in London @ 4:30 PM and this Thursday at the University of Waterloo @ 7 PM. Meet the director in person.http://linestreet.net/news.php2012-02-27 00:41:30 Come see An Encounter with Simone Weil at the Sedona Intl Film Festival in Sedona, Arizona, on Feb 21 @ 9:20 PM, tix go on sale Feb 14. Director Q & A to follow.http://linestreet.net/news.php2012-02-13 19:36:59 Come see An Encounter with Simone Weil Feb 16 @ 7:30 at Duke University with Julia Haslett in conversation with composer Daniel Thomas Davis.  Wake Forest School of Divinity Feb 15 @ 6 PM; and Guilford College on Feb 14 @ 7:45.                        http://linestreet.net/news.php2012-02-05 13:56:55 Simone would be 103 today if she were still alive, so to celebrate WE'RE GIVING AWAY 5 SPECIAL EDITION DVDs. All you have to do is "LIKE" our FB page & join our mailing list to be in the running. Winners will be randomly selected from the Fan Page list & announced on Monday, Feb 6.http://linestreet.net/news.php2012-02-03 12:45:08 Come see the film at Brandeis University this Thursday at 7 PM and meet the director!http://linestreet.net/news.php2012-01-26 21:41:13 Nov 30 - We're thrilled to announce that Michael Moore gave An Encounter with Simone Weil the Special Founders Prize at his Traverse City Film Festival! READ MOREhttp://linestreet.net/news.php2012-01-13 22:55:43 Carleton University, Dec 1 at 7pm (director Q&A); Washington Jewish Film Festival, Italian Cultural Institute, DC, Dec 6 (director Q&A); USM Philosophy Symposium Film Series, Space Gallery, Portland, ME Dec 6http://linestreet.net/news.php2011-11-30 07:42:59 Nov 16 - San Jose State University at 6:30 pm / Nov 17 - University of San Francisco / Nov 18 - AAR (American Academy of Religion) annual oconference at 7pm, Marriot Marquis, Sierra Room H, 55 Fourth STreet, SF, AAR members only, more details:http://linestreet.net/news.php2011-11-15 10:30:55 Northwestern University -- Wed, Oct 26 7-9pm (University Hall 201, Hagstrum Room), North Park University -- Thu, Oct 27 at 7pm (Nyvall Hall)http://linestreet.net/news.php2011-10-26 02:01:05 October 6, 2011 -- Come join director Julia Haslett at the Center for Documentary Arts at 4 pm at the Opalka Gallery, Sage Colleges, Albany.http://linestreet.net/news.php2011-10-06 11:58:27 September 15, 2011 -- Our Asian premiere will be at DMZ DOCS (Korean International Documentary Festival) Sat, Sept 24th at 6pm & Tues, Sept 27 at 11am. More info & tix available here. Please pass this along to anyone in the area who might be interested. Hope you can make it!http://linestreet.net/news.php2011-09-16 00:16:38 September 1, 2011 -- An Encounter with Simone Weil won the  Special Founders Prize at Michael Moore's Traverse City Film Festival in Michigan.http://linestreet.net/news.php2011-09-15 23:54:58 July 20, 2011 -- We're happy to announce that An Encounter with Simone Weil is screening at three film festivals between now and the end of July. Click here to read more.http://linestreet.net/news.php2011-09-15 23:50:32 July 11, 2011 -- We'll be screening at Michael Moore's Traverse City Film Festival in Michigan July 27! Advance tix available to friends of the festival. Public ticketing begins July 16. Help spread the word!http://linestreet.net/news.php2011-09-15 23:46:23 June 23, 2011 -- An Encounter with Simone Weil will screen at the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival on Sat, Jul 30 and Sun, Jul 31. For more info & to buy tickets please click here: http://bit.ly/iwWHfs. Help us spread the word!http://linestreet.net/news.php2011-06-23 16:06:34 May 7, 2011 -- Many thank to the American Weil Society for a wonderful screening at the their annual colloquy "Simone Weil and the Political."http://linestreet.net/news.php2011-06-02 14:09:37 March 21, 2011 -- An Encounter with Simone Weil will screen as part of NEW DOCS at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival in Durham, North Carolina, April 14 - 17. Please check festival website for confirmed screening time and ticket information. And spread the word! We'd love to welcome members of the Durham/Raleigh community to our screening!http://linestreet.net/news.php2011-03-21 09:29:07 March 12, 2011 -- An Encounter with Simone Weil will have its US premiere at the Sarasota Film Festival in Sarasota, Florida, April 8 - 17. Two screenings on opening weekend: Saturday, April 9 at 6:15 PM and Sunday, April 10 at 8 PM. Tix go on sale March 18. Please spread the word!http://linestreet.net/news.php2011-03-12 13:17:07 Dec 17, 2010 -- An Encounter with Simone Weil inspired a debate on responding to human suffering in the 21st century. The panel moderated by Women Make Movies' Debra Zimmerman included Julia Haslett (An Encounter with Simone Weil), Shane O'Sullivan (Children of the Revolution), Marius van Niekerk (My Heart of Darkness), Seong-Gyou Lee (My Barefoot Friend), and Andrea Roggon (Soy Libre).http://linestreet.net/news.php2010-12-03 14:28:04 Nov 19, 2010 -- Director Julia Haslett presented the final cut of her film for the first time before a sold out audience at IDFA's Tuschinski, the Art Deco theater on Reguliersbreestraat. During the Q and A, questions focused on empathy, our individual as well as humanity's response to suffering. One audience member asked what Weil book she should read first. Julia's response was that starting with The Simone Weil Reader was probably best, but that Opression and Liberty and Gravity and Grace were among Weil's classics.http://linestreet.net/news.php2010-11-21 02:19:06 Nov 25, 2010 -- An Encounter with Simone Weil will take part in the third annual IDFA Debates.http://linestreet.net/news.php2010-11-08 22:55:46 On Wednesday, October 20, 2010, Arts Engine's DocuClub screened An Encounter with Simone Weil to a full house at DCTV. The aim of the screening was a departure from the usual DocuClub work-in-progress format in that the audience was asked to reflect on audience development. The moderator was Shaady Salehi, Deputy Director at Active Voice, a nonprofit media strategy organization. Working as the intermediary between film producers and NGOs, Shaady specializes in the use of film and media to support long-term social change. Director Julia Haslett and producers Fabrizia Galvagno and Enrico Rossini Cullen were on hand to answer questions.http://linestreet.net/news.php2010-11-08 11:50:38 An Encounter with Simone Weil will have its World Premiere at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) in November 2010 in competition with the First Appearances section. Screening times are: November 20, 2010, at 6:30 p.m. November 22, 2010, at 10:00 a.m. November 24, 2010, at 6:30 p.m. November 26, 2010, at 3:00 p.m. Buy your tickets here: http://www.idfa.nl/industry/tags/project.aspx?id=FA314C7D-8C78-4DE5-8E71-42AA60AB2B09 Screening locations and other news to follow.http://linestreet.net/news.php2010-11-02 20:35:07