"Hale County This Morning, This Evening" is an emotion-charged, poetically non-narrative exploration of stereotypes of African American males in the South. The film, a Sundance favorite with many accolades, is a contemporary look at Hale County, Alabama, chronicled by Walker Evans and James Agee in their book, "Let Us Now Praise Famous Men," (1941), which in turn inspired Aaron Copeland to write an opera. The film screens, FREE, on Monday, Nov. 12, 2018, at 6:30 PM at the Annenberg Center on the University of Pennsylvania Campus. A panel discussion with actor and the film's Executive Producer, Danny Glover, and others follows the screening. Registration is at Eventbrite, link in the post.
Image from poster for the documentary film, “Hale County,” the initial offering of the Social Justice & Arts Integration Initiative at University of Pennsylvania
Artblog is partnering with Slought and the University of Pennsylvania Social Policy and Practice Arts Initiative to get the word out about their new initiative, the Social Justice & Arts Integration Initiative. The Initiative’s first event is a great one, a free film screening, Monday, November 12, 2018, of “Hale County This Morning, This Evening,” an award-winning film by RaMell Ross.
The film screens at 6:30 PM at the Annenberg Center’s Zellerbach Theatre on the Penn campus. A panel discussion will follow the film, including actor Danny Glover, the film’s Executive Producer, and producer Joslyn Barnes, who are the co-founders Louverture Films. Also featured are Rob Moss, filmmaker and part of the film’s editing team, and moderator, Patricia J. Williams, a legal scholar.
