Every so often, The Grand Cinema invites a filmmaker to town to share and discuss his or her work with audiences. This time, Oscar-nominated writer-director Frederick Marx visits Tacoma with his 2010 documentary Journey from Zanskar, which is about Tibetan monk Geshe Lobsang Yonten, who seeks to help his small, impoverished community of Zanskar survive. To achieve this the children must receive education in Manali, 180 miles away. Yonten takes it upon himself to somehow safely guide the children across a harsh wilderness entirely on foot.

[The Grand Cinema, 6:45 p.m., $5-$8, 606 S. Fawcett, Tacoma, 253.593.4474]