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February 29 - March 3, 2024

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Works-in-Progress: Wednesdays in Mississippi

  • Director: Marlene McCurtis
  • Type: Works in Progress
  • Year: 2014

In the summer of 1964, a quiet revolution began in Mississippi when a group of Black and White women reached across the chasm of race, class, geography, and religion to help end segregation in America.  This quiet revolution, called ‘Wednesdays in Mississippi,’  is a story of courage, danger, and transformation that has never been told.

Date: Sunday, February 9, 3PM
Location: James Room, 4th Floor, Barnard Hall

Participants in the Discussion Include:

Cyndi Stivers (moderator)
Penelope Falk – editor
Caitlin Boyle- Founder and President of Film Sprout
Shola Lynch – documentary filmmaker

Other films in the Works in Progress program include: Councilwoman Castillo and Trapped

 

SPONSORED BY:
Chicken&Egg

 

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