INNERsections

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INNERsections is a healing arts film series that offers a communal space to intersect arts, health, and humanities through film and dialogue. Featuring documentaries, performances, interviews, and personal narratives, the series explores health topics that shape individual and community well-being. Each screening is followed by a conversation with filmmakers, artists, healthcare professionals, researchers, and community partners, with audience Q&A. The Change Begins is on Sunday, October 18, 2:00 to 4:30 p.m. at The Health Museum, 1515 Hermann Drive, Houston, TX. It is an 80-minute feature-length first episode of The Change: Unleashing the Wild Woman documentary series about the stages of menopause, symptoms, treatment options, and integrative approaches to women's health. Panelists are Tammy Karni, MHSA, RDN, LDN, Nutritionist; Dr. Selena Lalji, FACOG, Board Certified Physician; Kourtney Sims, M.D., Physician; and Linda Gibbs, Producer and Director, Gibbs Media Group. Concrete Glass is on Sunday, November 1, 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. It is a 20 to 30 minute documentary by Houston filmmaker Andonnia of Annlettered, produced by Corlon Evans of Foundry House Media, about the maternal health crisis through the voices of Black women. It is presented with the Call Me Mother Experience and followed by a panel. Recuerdos de Mi Abuelo is on Sunday, November 15, 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. It is a free mini telenovela about dementia in Latino communities, presented courtesy of the CARMA Lab, followed by a panel. Reserve free tickets. And We Rest on Giants is on Tuesday, December 1, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. It is a 15-minute documentary about people of color aging as long-term HIV survivors, presented in collaboration with The T.R.U.T.H. Project. The program includes a sound bath break, a premiere of a new TRUTH Project film, and a speaker panel moderated by Kevin Anderson. Tickets are $8 for members and $18 for non-members. Membership includes member discounts for Healing Arts programs and free museum admission for a year. Contact Rose Tylinski, Healing Arts Program Manager, at rtylinski@thehealthmuseum.org or 713.337.8461.