Thu, January 24, 2019 6:30 P.M.
Bryn Mawr Film Institute, 824 W. Lancaster Ave.
This elegiac film captures the frustrations and false starts of poverty, as well as moments of simple joy and transcendence, while following a family struggling to stay afloat and maintain their closeness in the downtrodden Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles. In conjunction with the 7:15 p.m. screening, instructor Andrew Owen, Ph.D., will lead a Cinema Classics Seminar at 6:30 p.m. Purchase tickets to the film or film-and-seminar online or at the door.
This One Book, One Philadelphia event explores themes in the 2019 featured selection, Sing, Unburied, Sing, by Jesmyn Ward.
Bryn Mawr Film Institute, 824 W. Lancaster Ave.