James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket -- CANCELLED In-Person
NOTE: THIS PROGRAM WILL BE RESCHEDULED FOR THE FALL. Time and date TBA
Although he has been gone almost 40 years, on August 2nd, 2024 James Baldwin would have turned one hundred. Baldwin was at once a major 20th century American author, a Civil Rights activist and, for two crucial decades, a prophetic voice calling Americans, Black and White, to confront their shared racial tragedy.
THE PRICE OF A TICKET captures on film the passionate intellect and courageous writing of a man who was born black, impoverished, gay and gifted. The film uses striking archival footage to evoke the atmosphere of Baldwin's formative years - the Harlem of the 30s, his father's fundamentalist church and the émigré demimonde of postwar Paris. Newsreel clips from the '60's record Baldwin's running commentary on the drama of the Civil Rights movement.
- Date:
- Thursday, August 1, 2024
- Time:
- 1:00pm - 3:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Community Room
- Branch:
- Trumbull Library
- Audience:
- Adults
- Categories:
- Educational Film History