Two films, “The Stones and Brian Jones,” and “A Still Small Voice,” open at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center Dec. 8.
Featuring revealing interviews with all the main players and unseen archive released for the first time, “The Stones and Brian Jones” explores the creative musical genius of Jones, key to the success of the band and uncovers how the founder of what became the greatest rock’n’roll band in the world was left behind in the shadows of history.
“The Stones and Brian Jones” is not rated and is showing through Dec. 21.
In most United States hospitals, alongside medical responses to illness and injury, lesser-known interventions take place every day. Responding to patients, family members and hospital staff who are experiencing spiritual and emotional distress, chaplains sit at bedsides, helping people to deepen connections with themselves, one another and a world beyond this one.
“A Still Small Voice” follows Mati, a chaplain completing a year-long residency at New York City’s Mount Sinai Hospital, as she learns to provide spiritual care to people confronting profound life changes. Following his acclaimed 2019 film “Midnight Family,” director Luke Lorentzen digs into Mati’s spiritual work as an entry point to explore how we seek meaning in suffering, uncertainty and grief.
Through Mati’s experiences with her patients, her struggle with professional burnout, and her own spiritual questioning, we gain new perspectives on how meaningful connection can be and how painful its absence is. As Mati and her patients take stock of their lives and experiences, space opens up to reflect on our own.
“A Still Small Voice” is not rated and is showing through Dec. 14.
Learn more about the films, including show times and ticket availability.
