Join us for a special screening of “From Sea to Shining Sea: Katharine Lee Bates and the story of America the Beautiful”!

Suggested Donation: $10 (Nobody will be turned away for lack of funds. Cash tickets available at door based on availability.)

Doors open at 6:30. Screening at 7:00 (40 minute film)

Post-Screening Q&A with Director/Writer John De Graaf

About the Film

In a time of deep division, this film aims to inspire unity and reflection, celebrating the beauty of our nation while acknowledging its flaws and the ongoing journey to fulfill its promises.

Inspired by the sweeping vistas of the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains she saw from Colorado’s Pike’s Peak in 1893, Bates penned lyrics that reflect both a love for her country and a desire for reform, while honoring generations of Americans striving toward its its most compelling ideals.

About Director John De Graaf

John has been directing and writing documentaries, often for public television, for 46 years, winning more than 100 regional, national and international awards for filmmaking – including the highest award for legal reporting from the American Bar Association. More than a dozen of his films have been broadcast nationally in primetime on PBS, including his 1997 hit, Affluenza. His most recent film is Stewart Udall: the Politics of Beauty – partly financed through a campaign on Kickstarter. The John de Graaf Environmental Filmmaking Award is presented annually at the Wild and Scenic Film Festival in California. He spent 32 years with KCTS, the Seattle PBS affiliate, has taught documentary production at three colleges and authored four books. He lives in Seattle.

Watch the Trailer HERE