Club member offers invitation to premiere of documentary film, 'Love Is a Verb,' May 19

Club member Mehmet Saracoglu invites National Press Club members to Rumi Forum`s premiere gala of the documentary film "Love is a Verb" featuring its director and producer, Terry Spencer Hesser, at 6.30 p. Monday, May 19, at E Street Cinema in downtown Washington.

"Love is a Verb" documents people living the idea of love as a verb through their work in "Hizmet," a social movement inspired by Islamic scholar and teacher, Fethullah Gulen. The film recently received the Best Documentary Award at the Maryland International Film Festival and was selected for the USA Film Festival in Dallas, Texas.

Film screening and the reception are free and open to all members, correspondents and journalists. Registration is required. To register, click here.

For more information about the event, please email Mehmet Saracoglu at [email protected]

To learn more about the film, visit Rumi Forum here.