The Heart Mountain Foundation and Wyoming Rising will host a screening of the documentary “Better Angels” at the Heart Mountain Interpretive Center at 3 p.m. Saturday. The film, which demonstrates “how Americans can fight political polarization and learn to work together,” will be followed by a short guided discussion. This screening will be free and open to the public.

The Better Angels organization, which produced the documentary, seeks “to counter the growing political polarization in the United States by offering a space for respectful disagreement where people from either side of the political aisle can come together to search for common ground.” The film follows participants through a Better Angels workshop held in Waynesville, Ohio. It was directed by four-time Emmy award-winner Jim Brown, and produced by musician Peter Yarrow.

This screening is part of a series of community conversations sponsored by Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation and Wyoming Rising, a nonpartisan group that promotes active citizenship and political participation.

Dakota Russell, executive director of the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation, said the series aims to encourage respectful dialogue about contemporary issues.

“We don’t need to look far in the past to see what happens when we let fear and anger control us,” Russell said, referring to Heart Mountain’s history as a Japanese American confinement site during World War II. “This film presents an interesting model for how people with strongly opposing positions can learn to talk to each other, listen to each other, and find common ground.”

For more information about the interpretive center or this event, call 307-754-8000 or visit www.heartmountain.org. For more information about Wyoming Rising, visit www.wyomingrising.org.