For Global Peace with Social Justice in a Sustainable Environment

"Freedom Riders" Documentary Showing

Event Details

Time: October 11, 2010 from 5pm to 9pm
Location: Berkeley, CA
Street: 2625 Durant Avenue #2250
City/Town: Berkeley, CA 94720
Website or Map: http://www.bioneers.org/confe…
Event Type: film, showing
Organized By: http://www.bioneers.org/
Latest Activity: Oct 5, 2010

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Event Description

In 1961, an integrated band of college students called the Freedom Riders boarded a Greyhound bus headed for the Deep South. By doing so, they managed to bring the president and the entire American public face to face with the issue of segregation that plagued the nation. Veteran filmmaker Stanley Nelson’s inspirational documentary is the first feature-length film about this courageous band of civil-rights activists that includes remarkable interviews with influential figures on both sides of the issue. Premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival.
Special Guest: Dr. Clayborne Carson, Martin Luther King Jr. Research and Education Institute, Professor of History, Stanford University, with writer Joseph Jon Lanthier from Slant Magazine and Bright Lights Film,
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PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE, UC Berkeley
MONDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2010 - 5:00 pm
ADMISSION:
$5.50-$9.50
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