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Well, let see about this. I've been involved with a film society for many years, and have done hundreds of "non-theatrical" shows, so maybe I can shed a little light on your idea.
While your motives are good, there a a lot of things to work on. As to being legal, it depends on where you got the film. If you rented it from a distributor and they agreed to donated food as admission then it would be legal. If you got it from some other source such as somebody with a bootleg print then it wouldn't be legal and you could open yourself up to real trouble. Next, who is going to pay the rental fee? We could be talking several hundred dollars.
Now as to projectors. If you're a student then chances are your school has one or more 16mm projectors. Those would work in a medium size auditorium, like in a school, but if you're really talking a stadium, like a football stadium, then 16mm would not work as it can't be projected on a screen large enough and bright enough for everyone to see. For that your talking 35mm and while there are companies who rent projectors and screens it could set you back a couple of thousand what with equipment rental, setting up the screen and the crew to do it. If you have that kind of money, it would be better to just donate it your local food bank instead.
Now that I told you all this, if you still want to do it, contact a company in St. Louis called Swank Films, I'm sure you can find them on the web. They are the 16mm "non-theatrical" distributor for many of the major companies and they can give you details and prices. I would also talk to the manager at your local cinema and see if he might be able arrange some kind of special screening there. You just might be surprised. Good luck.
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