Minimalism Documentary

VALDOSTA — The Valdosta State University Social Issues in Film Series presents “Minimalism: A Documentary About the Important Things” at 7 p.m. Monday, March 20, in Nevins Hall Room 1061.

Admission to the screening is free of charge and open to the public, according to a VSU press release.

“Minimalism: A Documentary About the Important Things” stars Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus. At age 30, they both walked away from their corporate careers to “live a more meaningful life with less.”

“I think of minimalism as sort of the counter-narrative to the narrative that suggests consuming more stuff will make you happier in some hypothetical future,” Millburn said in an interview with Forbes Magazine. “For me, minimalism has been a way to regain control. We retain that control by continuing to be deliberate. Minimalism was a tool that allowed me to live more deliberately.”

The film gives an inside look at the lives of minimalists — families, entrepreneurs, architects, artists, journalists, scientists, and even a former Wall Street broker, according to the VSU press release.

“Minimalism: A Documentary About the Important Things” is presented by Catalyst Films and directed by Matt D’Avella. The film premiered in theaters in 2016 and was the year’s top-grossing independent documentary.

Dr. Lorna Alvarez-Rivera, Dr. Tom Hochschild, Dr. Anne Price, and Dr. Shelly Yankovsky, faculty members in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminal Justice, sponsor VSU’s annual Social Issues in Film Series.