Premiere: Faith on the Front Lines – Angelika Film Center
Sunday, November 1, 2026 | Screening 6:30 p.m.
A private screening of the documentary Faith on the Front Lines in collaboration with Get Out the Vote.
Faith on the Front Lines was born out of a simple but unsettling question: What does faith require when human dignity is under attack?
For generations, the pulpit has been a place of moral reflection and spiritual guidance. Pastors have faced humanitarian crisis throughout history.
Some softly spoke out about the injustices, some shouted but many were silent. For generations, the pulpit has been a place of moral reflection and spiritual guidance. But in this moment, marked by rising authoritarianism, racialized violence, attacks on LGBTQ+ communities, migrants, and the poor, many pastors are concluding that silence itself has become a form of complicity and condoning.
This film follows those who have decided that faith cannot remain safely inside the church walls. They are taking it to the streets. These pastors preach with their bodies as much as their words – through protests, civil disobedience, and public witness. They stand between armed power and vulnerable people. They kneel in prayer in front of detention centers. They lock arms in city streets. Some are arrested. Some are beaten. All are risking comfort, reputation, and safety because they believe the gospel demands it.
Faith on the Front Lines is not about partisan politics. It is about moral courage. It is about pastors who understand that the call to love one’s neighbor is not abstract when neighbors are being targeted, criminalized, or erased. The film captures a faith that is embodied, costly and deeply rooted in the conviction that protecting marginalized people is not optional – it is sacred work.
The crisis we face – state violence, mass displacement, attacks on bodily autonomy and identity – do not wait for Sunday sermons. They demand action.