Book and Movie Clubs with Eureka

Inspiring Change One Book and Movie Club at a Time

Why Book and Movie Clubs (BMCs)?

In our digital age, simplistic narratives, conspiracy theories, and misinformation dominate the public sphere, fueling division and isolation while creating a false sense of belonging.

Social media amplifies this problem and has become one of the least reliable sources of information (Gallup-UNICEF, 2021). Algorithms encourage superficial and personalized consumption of information that traps people in antisocial communities, prioritizing sensationalist narratives over nuanced and constructive dialogue.

In this environment, empathy and prosocial community building are increasingly diluted in a sea of information clutter.

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Isolation

Despite spending multiple hours a day on social media and having more communication channels than ever, over 1 in 5 people worldwide “feel lonely a lot” (Gallup, 2024).

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Erosion of Online Community

For content creators, achieving visibility in spaces mediated by algorithms and building a genuine, engaged community has become increasingly challenging.

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Rising Concern over Disinformation

Almost 60% of regular social media and internet users worldwide are concerned about disinformation (Harvard K. School Misinformation Review, 2022).

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Shallow Engagement

Inclusive, progressive ideas struggle to gain visibility as noise, cynicism, and algorithmic biases promote shallow engagement, drowning out nuanced perspectives.

The Eureka Methodology for BMCs

Our innovative methodology blends edutainment, popular education, and AI to create spaces that build human connections while fostering empathy, understanding, and a pro-social communities, which are essential to drive action and meaningful social change. To do so, we leverage the power of books and movies to empower, inspire and prompt constructive dialogues.

Fictional narrative experience may have an important and profound impact on how people feel and behave daily.

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What do Book and Movie Clubs Offer to Participants?

Through the Book and Movie Clubs (BMCs) organized in the Eureka platform, we bring together diverse communities to explore global challenges through literature and movies. These clubs go beyond consuming content—they cultivate dialogue, empathy, and knowledge, empowering participants to reflect on social issues like gender inequality and the role of technology in democracy.

BMCs offer expertly curated content such as books, movies, and documentaries, with a focus on inclusivity, featuring works by women and gender-diverse individuals, Indigenous peoples, and non-white creators. The Clubs facilitate interactive learning through the features listed below. Additionally, users can track, rate, and discuss their own books and movies in the Eureka platform, ensuring continuous personal development and community engagement.

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Curated Content for Impact

Selection of both fiction and non-fiction books and films, highlighting diverse perspectives, with special attention to voices from women, Indigenous communities, and other marginalized groups, to foster inclusivity and empathy.

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Interactive Community Activities

Movie-watching sessions, synchronous discussions, and live conversations with the group, potentially with authors or directors, to foster community-building and connection.

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Guided Learning Experience

Text and audio summaries, as well as access to a customized reading schedule, and key reminders via Mailing, WhatsApp and/or Google Calendar to keep participants engaged.

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Exclusive AI-based Features

Participants create AI-generated images capturing their reflections on the content—and personalized reading or watching lists.

What is Eureka?

Eurekais a non-profit, ad-free platform that transforms books and movies into spaces for meaningful dialogue on today’s most critical issues, in an engaging and approachable way. Since its founding in 2022, Eureka has:

Partnered with a range of organizations, from civil society groups like EQUIS Justicia para las Mujeres to academic institutions such as MIT Press, to organize multiple Book & Movie Clubs (BMCs) tailored to diverse goals and audiences.
Explored socially relevant themes through BMCs, including feminist futures of technology, feminicide, water scarcity, and political cinema.
Engaged over 2,500 participants from all over the world, in multiple languages, including English, Spanish, and Portuguese.

Join us to spark meaningful dialogue and drive change in your community. Together, we can grow a movement for social impact.

Book and Movie Clubs by DPA and Eureka

Together, DPA and Eureka have successfully built a global, multilingual community dedicated to engaging with and discussing technology and critical issues of our time through a feminist perspective. Utilizing our innovative edutainment methodology described above, we have connected over 1,500 participants from around the world, including representatives from CSOs, activists, government officials, donors, and the general public.

The "Technology Through Feminist Lenses" Club utilized curated content to explore technology as a lens to discuss intersectional feminist perspectives, race, class, and technology, and visions of our future based on technological advancement.

Duration: February-May 2024

Languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese

Technology Through
Feminist Lenses

This Book Club, featured the book “Counting Femicide: Data Feminism in Action” by Catherine D’Ignazio, which documents the creative, intellectual, and emotional labor of data activists across the Americas as they seek to fill the institutional gap in counting femicides and gender-related killings.

Duration: May-August 2024

Languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese

Counting Feminicide
with Catherine D’Ignazio

This hybrid BMC explored questions such as, How can we think of science fiction beyond those constructed in the imaginary of the Global North? What is the relationship between power and technology? and, How can we help build a future in which technology contributes to shaping a better, more sustainable and inclusive world?

Duration: December 2024-March 2025

Language: Portuguese

Reimagining Technologies:
Paths to the Future

The Feminist Futures Workshop

During these 2 hour sessions, we leverage the best of our experience conducting the trilingual Book and Movie Club “Technology Through Feminist Lenses” to conduct an interactive workshop titled “Eureka Moment: Feminism, Culture, and AI to Reimagine Our Futures”. The ultimate goal is to foster critical and transformative dialogue about artificial intelligence (AI) and technology through an intersectional feminist perspective by leveraging the Eureka methodology.

The workshop has been presented at several international events, including MozFest 2023, the Code for All Summit 2023, CryptoRave 2024, Fórum da Internet No Brasil (FIB14) 2024, ACM FAccT 2024, the Global Digital Development Forum (GDDF) 2024, and RightsCon 2025.

Ready to Spark Change in your Community? Host your own Book & Movie Club

Build a vibrant, engaged community around the topics that matter most to your mission.
Leverage our edutainment methodology to foster deeper engagement with your audience.
Join a global movement using culture as a tool for social and political transformation.

Whether you’re looking to raise public awareness, engage your team, or launch a new book or film, DPA and Eureka can help you tailor a BMC that meets your specific goals.

Help drive social change!