The Sophia Way will present a free screening of American Winter, a film by Emmy winning directors Joe and Harry Ganz. The film features struggling families who called into the 211 social services hotline in search of help during the depths of the recession in the winter of 2012.

Framed through the personal stories of eight families, the film shows fallout of the mortgage meltdown, unemployment, the health care crisis and a shrinking social safety net.

After the movie, there will be a discussion about how to make potential solutions a reality in East King County.

The screening will be at 7 p.m. Jan. 17 at Northlake Unitarian Universalist Church, 308 Fourth Ave. S., Kirkland.