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Special Screening – ‘Friends & Neighbors’
May 22 @ 7:00 pm - 8:15 pm
A Q&A with the filmmaker Benjamin Wagner plus local cast members Psychotherapist Kelli Rae Powell and musician Jason Walsmith moderated by former Des Moines Register President and Publisher and Digital Acceleration Partners Founder, David Chivers, will follow the screening.
Director: Benjamin Wagner, Christofer Wagner Run Time: 75 min. Release Year: 2023
When Iowa-born, East Coast-bred filmmaker Benjamin Wagner was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress syndrome, he saw the impact of trauma and adverse stress all around him. Inspired by Fred Rogers, the subject of his 2012 PBS documentary “Mister Rogers & Me,” he decided to “look for the helpers” healing our anxious and uncertain communities.