The Cinema will screen The Family Next Door (Michael Messner, Barry Reese, U.S. 2014, 83 min.) tonight at 7 p.m. followed by a discussion with filmmaker Barry Reese, documentary subjects Donna Lund and her son Donnie Lund, and Dr. Lori Jeanne Peloquin.

Don and Donna Lund went from the "perfect couple" at Yale to the parents of two boys with Autism that others avoided. As the story unfolds over 16 months, we become witness to a story of unconditional love, struggles mixed with joys, altered expectations tinged with hope. The family's grace, patience and determination are at the core of this moving documentary.

[source: Reel Mind Film Festival site, 2015-Jun-9]