Oak Grove Presbyterian Church, 2200 W. Old Shakopee Road, will show the documentary "My Omaha" on Thursday, July 23, 2026, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. as the opening screening of its third annual Better Together Film Festival. Admission is free.
The festival is put on in partnership with the Minnesota Council of Churches, which organizes screenings at congregations around the state built around discussion, not just viewing. Oak Grove's page for the event bills it as "Bridging Divides, One Story at a Time," and each showing is followed by a facilitated conversation for attendees to reflect together.
"My Omaha" follows filmmaker Nick Beaulieu, fresh out of journalism school, as he documents the rise of Black Lives Matter activism in his hometown following Donald Trump's 2016 election. The film centers on Beaulieu's relationship with activist Leo Louis II, a former board chair of the Malcolm X Memorial Foundation, who introduces him to North Omaha, the civil rights leader's birthplace and a hub of the city's organizing. The documentary also traces Beaulieu's strained relationship with his father, a pro-Trump conservative Christian diagnosed with stage-4 cancer during filming, as the two work through their political and racial divides.
Registration for the screening is available through the church's sign-up link, which the church has been sharing as tiny.cc/23omaha. Readers can also find festival details and RSVP through the Minnesota Council of Churches' event page for all of this year's screenings across the state.