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LIGHTWORKERS Writer & Director Bobby Roth:I first asked what constitutes “activism” and followed with “what can you do?” I was interested in how “good people” lived their lives. I asked how people became who they were. I asked what is courage, empathy and joy. I approached these questions from a socio-historic perspective that I thought would be the best context for my audience, but who was I trying to reach?
Despite my desire for inclusivity, I knew I could not reach everyone, but I wanted to reach the widest swath of Americana possible. I decided to focus on the voting public, particularly those who might shift the balance of power in the congress… those voting in the midterms.
As I have never been active in party politics I was flying blind. I tried to use my ignorance as a springboard for an educational exercise. This was a journey. I would use the very tools I was trying to examine, particularly the “kindness of strangers.” As in GOOD MEN, I interviewed fifty citizens I identified as “do-gooders,” people who lived their lives prioritizing helping others… people who saw themselves as part of a social order they felt an allegiance to. I call them LIGHTWORKERS. This is the story of my journey.
After Film Speaker is Paul Loeb:
If the relentless bad news leaves you overwhelmed or despairing, Paul Loeb offers the antidote of hope. “The Impossible Will Take a Little While: Perseverance and Hope in Troubled Times” (Basic Books; new edition available 10/13/2026) offers inspiring global stories of how people faced impossible odds and changed history anyway.
Veteran organizer and social change analyst Loeb gathers seventy-plus voices—Nelson Mandela, Alexei Navalny, Maya Angelou, Desmond Tutu, Mary Pipher, Heather Cox Richardson, Bill McKibben, Jesmyn Ward, Rutger Bregman, Pablo Neruda, Bill Moyers, Alice Walker, and dozens more—describing how people faced impossible odds and kept going anyway.
For more information, trailer, and tickets:
https://www.encirclefilms.org/
Tickets at Art House direct:
https://www.eugenearthouse.com/movie/encircle-films-lightworkers/
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