Project Unspeakable

Every Friday night, a group of concerned Wallingford citizens “who are trying to make a difference in the defense of justice and pursuit of peace” hold show a movie and host a discussion around it: Friday Night at the Meaningful Movies.

This week, it’s “Project Unspeakable”, and while it looks amazing, I have to admit I’m so confused about exactly what it’s all about, that I’m just going to reprint what they say about it:

SPECIAL EVENT: “PROJECT UNSPEAKABLE”: A DRAMATIC READING OF SELECTED SECTIONS FROM THE PLAY, WITH VIDEO VIGNETTES.
Thomas Merton, an internationally respected spiritual writer and Trappist monk, wrote in 1965: “One of the awful facts of our age is the evidence that [the world] is stricken indeed, stricken to the very core of its being by the presence of the Unspeakable…[that] too few are willing to see.”

THE PLAY, “PROJECT UNSPEAKABLE”  by Court Dorsey (Associate writers:: Stephen Wangh & Debbie Lynangale), based on the book by Jim Douglass:
JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters.

Portions of the play will be a read by Friends of Meaningful Movies, a collection of 15 readers from our own social justice community. And we’ll augment the performance with interspersed historical videos.

About the play: 
Coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the death of John F. Kennedy, PROJECT UNSPEAKABLE  is a theatrical work about the role of Thomas Merton’s “Unspeakable” in the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert Kennedy.

From the authors of the play: . A generation of baby-boomers who have lived most of their adult lives in the rubble of shattered dreams, who have seen the great leaders of their generation slaughtered in officially whitewashed circumstances, are invited to come forward to insist that the truth finally be uncovered regarding this destruction of lives and visionary leadership.

In addition, Project Unspeakable offers [everyone] a unique opportunity, not only to learn more about these four inspirational leaders of the 1960’s, but also to reenergize their recent efforts to confront current manifestations of the “Unspeakable,” as many have already been doing in the “Occupy” and climate action movements.

As Jim Douglass writes: “The Unspeakable is not far away. It is not somewhere out there. … By avoiding our responsibility for the escalating crimes of state done for our security, we who failed to confront THE UNSPEAKABLE opened the door to JFK’s assassination and its cover-up. … The emptiness of the void, the vacuum of  responsibility and compassion, is in ourselves.” – Jim Douglass

ALSO, to enhance our discussion, please take a look at the following:

• JFK’s American University Speech can be read in full here:http://to.pbs.org/1bueMlz (excerpts will be included in the reading).
• Read “16 Questions on the Assassination” by Bertrand Russell here:http://bit.ly/16UChWc .
• Watch “JFK Secret Societies Speech” (originally entitled “President and the Press” (April 27, 1961) here: http://bit.ly/1hZZJWO
• Read “The Waters of Knowledge versus The Waters of Uncertainty”, by E. Martin Schotz here: http://bit.ly/1eCd6MZ
• Read “The JFK Assassination: A False Mystery Concealing State Crimes”, by Vincent J. Salandria here:  http://bit.ly/17YqIhC

FOLLOWED BY FACILITATED COMMUNITY DISCUSSION. …and without a doubt, and regardless of your position, this will be a fascinating conversation!

Meaningful Movies are held at the Keystone Church at 5019 Keystone Ave N. Light snacks served, admission is free, donations encouraged. The truth is out there.