The Modesto Junior College Civic Engagement Project (CEP) invites the community to a screening of the documentary film The Mask You Live In on Thursday, Feb. 18, at 7 p.m. in Forum 110 on East Campus, 435 College Ave., Modesto. The free event is part of the CEP Spring Film and Lecture Series. Campus parking is available for $2 in student parking lots.

The Mask You Live In claims that boys grow up in a culture with a narrow definition of masculinity that encourages them to disconnect from their emotions and value aggression over compassion. Raising a healthier generation of boys and men, the film suggests, depends largely on recognizing and transforming the cultural messages directed at them.

A facilitated discussion will follow the film.                                                                                                   

For more information on MJC’s CEP or the Film and Lecture Series contact Jason Wohlstadter, Ph.D., MJC professor of English, at wohlstadterj@mjc.edu.

The rest of the Spring Film and Lecture Series schedule includes:

March 10 - Merchants of Doubt - documentary film

March 17 - First Generation - documentary film

March 31 - Black in America: A Continuing Conversation

April 14 - The Burden - documentary film

For a brief description of each event visit www.mjc.edu/president/cep/filmandlecture.