FREE COMMUNITY SCREENING – WE LIFT EACH OTHER
We Lift Each Other explores the ways in which an art form can offer much more than just entertainment.  Under the guidance of founder Michelle Pearson, the dancers of Black Box Dance Theatre travel across North Carolina, employing modern dance as a means of building community and fostering resilience.  Working primarily with active-duty military and their families, veterans, and individuals coping with PTSD, this dance company harnesses the simple but transformative power of group movement to create a space for collective expression and the healing of trauma.  We Lift Each Other follows the company through a week-long workshop with a group of veterans in Asheville, NC, culminating in an emotional public presentation with professional dancers and military veterans in performance together.

A Q&A will follow the screening with subjects of the film.

We are excited to continue our partnership with RiverRun Film Festival and be one of the main venues for the upcoming 2026 festival. 

Our venue has hosted well over 200 screenings with RiverRun and welcomed countless special guest filmmakers and talents including Karen Allen, Tom Schulman, Adrienne Barbeau, Thomas Ackerman ASC and many, many more.

 Find out more about the 2026 festival & screening line-up at RiverRunFilm.com

During all RiverRun screenings at MPCWS our concessions stand is open serving hot popcorn, pretzels, candy, nachos and a wide selection of beer & wine!