The Reel and Meal program featuring four Utopia Film Festival films on refugees, followed by a shared discussion and a volunteer-served vegan chili dinner. Proceeds from the $15 dinner benefit the Cafe; the program is free. Ceramic ware is available as thank-you gifts for donations to help Ukraine, sponsored by the Greenbelt Refugee Aid Committee.

Refugees: Then and Now

New Deal Cafe

Monthly film series at the New Deal Cafe exploring environmental, animal rights, and social justice issues. The documentary Earth's Greatest Enemy exposes the environmental toll of U.S. military operations around the globe. Admission is free; the cafe offers a full dinner menu for purchase.

Reel and Meal: Earth's Greatest Enemy

Film screening in the Reel and Meal monthly series, followed by a panel of local Starbucks union organizers. Admission free; part of the May DC Labor FilmFest. Hybrid in-person at New Deal Café and via Zoom.

Partners: How Starbucks Baristas Started a Labor Revolution

A monthly film series at the New Deal Cafe exploring environmental, animal rights, and social justice issues. Screening of The Black Power Mixtape 1967–1975, followed by a discussion led by Netfa Freeman. Admission is free; in-person (limited seating) and via Zoom.

Reel and Meal: The Black Power Mixtape 1967–1975

A story about fear and love in the American South. Set in Clarkston, Georgia, REFUGE follows a Syrian Kurdish Muslim, a former Klansman, and a town of refugees seeking belonging in a polarized America. Film screened in-house and online, followed by a discussion led by intelligence analyst Daryl Johnson. Event sponsored by the Greenbelt Baha'i Community.

REFUGE

A monthly film series at the New Deal Cafe exploring environmental, animal rights, and social justice issues, followed by a Woody Guthrie song sing-along.

Reel and Meal

Timed to coincide with the 80th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the film Silent Fallout delves into the devastating impacts of radio-active fallout in the U.S. The post-screening discussion will be led by the film's director, Hideaki Ito.

Silent Fallout

Monthly film series exploring environmental, animal rights, and social justice issues. The free film screening of Pete Seeger: The Power of Song is followed by live folksinging.

Reel and Meal: Pete Seeger: The Power of Song

Film screening followed by a post-film discussion led by Professor Laurie King of Georgetown University, part of the monthly Reel and Meal film series at the New Deal Cafe.

The Palestine Exception

Film screening of Singing for Justice, a film about folk musician and activist Faith Petric (1915-2013), as part of the monthly Reel and Meal series, followed by a post-film discussion led by Elise Bryant and a performance by the D.C. Labor Chorus. Admission is free. Also available via Zoom.

Singing for Justice

Monthly free film series at the New Deal Cafe exploring environmental, animal rights, and social justice issues. This edition presents short films on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s civil rights legacy and on Project 2025, including 'Just Another Bombing: Donal and Iona's Story' and two PBS films.

New Deal Cafe

Aug 17, 2026

Refugees: Then and Now

Jun 15, 2026

Reel and Meal: Earth's Greatest Enemy

New Deal Cafe