FCTV's Summer Lecture Series Begins With Local Filmmaker Beth Murphy

Thursday, June 25th at 6pm, FCTV's Summer Lecture Series returns, featuring local filmmaker and documentarian, Beth Murphy. A screening of her latest film, "Beyond Belief", and the lecture and discussion will take place at FCTV on Dillingham Avenue in Falmouth.

Beth Murphy has been directing, producing, and reporting for documentaries, television and radio news for 18 years.

As the founder of Principle Pictures, Beth has contributed programming to The History Channel, Discovery Channel, Lifetime Television, PBS and numerous international media outlets. Prior to her film work, Beth was as a television and radio news reporter and anchor. Beth serves on the board of the International Institute of Boston, an organization that helps immigrants and refugees.

In her latest film, which will be screened at the event, "Beyond Belief", Susan Retik and Patti Quigley are two ordinary soccer moms living in the affluent suburbs of Boston until tragedy strikes. Rather than turning inwards, grief compels these women to focus on the country where the terrorists who took their husbands’ lives were trained: Afghanistan.

From the "Principal Pictures" website:

"Over the course of two years, as they cope with loss and struggle to raise their families as single mothers, these extraordinary women dedicate themselves to empowering Afghan widows whose lives have been ravaged by decades of war, poverty and oppression – factors they consider to be the root causes of terrorism. As Susan and Patti make the courageous journey from their comfortable neighborhoods to the most desperate Afghan villages, they discover a powerful bond with each other, an unlikely kinship with widows halfway around the world, and a profound way to move beyond tragedy. From the ruins of the World Trade Center to those of Kabul and back, theirs is a journey of personal strength and international reconciliation, and a testament to the vision that peace can be forged… one woman at a time."

Please call 508-457-0800 for more information and to reserve your seat. A minimum donation of $10 to FCTV is requested for admittance.