Wed, October 11, 2023 7:30 P.M.
Senior Services at Parkway Central Library

POSTPONED: we do not have a new date as of yet, but this event is cancelled on this date due to unforseen circumstances. Our deepest apologies.

 

Part Six of the Seven-Part Special Lecture Series: Orson Welles & The Golden Age of Hollywood

The noted actress and director Zuhairah McGill explores the commitment of Orson Welles to hiring gifted African-American actors for psychologically complex, multi-dimensional roles at a time when Hollywood was offering Black performers comic roles that were both insulting and humiliating. Welles also campaigned against hate speech and participated in an effort to bring law enforcement officials guilty of racist and criminal conduct to justice.

Tickets are not required, but please RSVP on Eventbrite or email Dick Levinson at levinsonr@freelibrary.org for this and other dates in the series.

(Event will be held in person at Parkway Central's Montgomery Auditorium)