Film Screening: The Philadelphia Eleven

The Philadelphia Eleven
​The Diocese of Long Island will be hosting three screenings of the Margo Guernsey and Nikki Bramley Film,  "The Philadelphia Eleven."
Location
Mercer School of Theology 65 Fourth Street Garden City, NY 11530
Venue
mercerschool.org
County
Nassau
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The Diocese of Long Island will be hosting three screenings of the Margo Guernsey and Nikki Bramley Film,  "The Philadelphia Eleven." The documentary tells the story of the first women priests of the Episcopal Church. The film will be shown at St. Ann and the Holy Trinity Pro-Cathedral in Brooklyn, on March 17th. The film will also be shown April 17 and May 14th at the Mercer School of Theology. 

About the Philadelphia Eleven

"In an act of civil disobedience, a group of women and their supporters organize their ordination to become Episcopal priests in 1974. The Church of the Advocate in Philadelphia welcomes them, but change is no small task. The women are harassed, threatened and banned from stepping on church property.

In this feature-length documentary film, we meet the women who succeed in building a movement that transforms an age-old institution, and challenges the very essence of patriarchy within Christendom."

- philadelphiaelevenfilm.com

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