The Black History Month Movie Series will feature five, acclaimed films!
The free showings will be from 2 to 4:30 p.m. in the Siek Campus Center, room 202.
Thursday, Feb. 1 — Selma
A chronicle of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s campaign to secure equal voting rights via an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, in 1965.
Thursday, Feb. 8 — To Kill A Mockingbird
Atticus Finch, a widowed lawyer in Depression-era Alabama, defends a Black man against an undeserved rape charge, and tries to educate his young children against prejudice.
Thursday, Feb. 15 — The Help
An aspiring author during the civil rights movement of the 1960s decides to write a book detailing the African American maids’ points of view on the white families that employ them, and depicting the hardships the maids endure on a daily basis.
Thursday, Feb .22 — Black Panther
T’Challa, heir to the hidden but advanced kingdom of Wakanda, must step forward to lead his people into a new future and confront a challenger from his country’s past.
Thursday, Feb. 29 — The Color Purple
A black Southern woman struggles to find her identity after suffering abuse from her father and others over four decades.