House of Gaia, in Naples, along with TreeSisters of the Sacred Forest of Southwest Florida, is hosting Picnic ‘n’ Flick, a three-month film series beginning at 6:30 p.m., March 7, and continuing April 4 and May 9. Participants are welcome to bring their own food, as well as blankets and pillows.

The event will engage the community in prospective-broadening discussions and inspire cooperation and understanding. The first film, Freedom Writers, artfully brings into view the unique struggles of four different ethnic groups as they ultimately come together by recognizing commonalties instead of differences.  

Pride, the second film to be shown, is an ode to activism as a social equalizer and an illustration that hearts and minds can be changed. The May 9 showing of Sing Street provides sensitive insight into what it’s like to be bullied as a child and how emotional and psychological trauma comes in many different forms.

Love donation accepted. Location: 1660 Trade Center Way. For more information or to RSVP, email [email protected] or visit MeetUp.com/TreeSisters-of-the-Sacred-Forest-of-Southwest-Florida.