Save the date for the special screening of Uncharitable at the Brackendale Art Gallery on June 19th! In partnership with PearlSpace and the Sea to Sky Hospice, the Squamish Community Foundation will screen the movie from 6-9 pm.
“Uncharitable” is a one-of-a-kind movie that shows how our charitable traditions and prejudices have suffocated the charitable sector and prevented it from leading the charge to change the world truly.
Based on the book, “Uncharitable,” by Dan Pallotta, which became one of the most talked-about TED talks of all time—changing everything from charity watchdog standards to the giving practices of America’s biggest foundations — Uncharitable follows the stories of four iconic American charitable efforts that were crippled or destroyed by old ideas.
Step-by-step, and with a chorus of leading voices in the field, the movie shows how charity’s real power has been misunderstood and undermined by anachronistic ideas about frugality and deprivation and takes the viewer on a journey from sack-cloth and ashes to a place where unleashed, charities can play the leading role in creating an unimaginably beautiful world that works for everyone.
“For me, finding the story of Uncharitable was especially challenging because it involved a big and important idea- with detailed instructions – about how the non-profit sector could become so robust and powerful that it could actually change the world,” says the director, Stephen Gyllenhaal.
No topic is more crucial or timelier as we confront a world with increasingly complex problems, with the least of us left behind, and with the growing revelation that we are all interconnected and that our fate lies in our willingness to run away from old ideas that have not worked and embraced radically new ones that can. Squamish Community Foundation is excited to bring the Uncharitable movie to Squamish to showcase the dark side of philanthropy and introduce a radical new way of giving.
To be a part of the experience, get your tickets here.