Free Admission | Thursday April 06 - 1:00 PM & 7:00 PM CST | USA | 1989 | 87min | PG13 | Directed by Karen Thorsen | Selected by Pam Bustin
“You write in order to change the world, knowing perfectly well that you probably can't, but also knowing that literature is indispensable to the world… The world changes according to the way people see it, and if you alter, even by a millimeter, the way… people look at reality, then you can change it.” ~ James Baldwin
Any time I can spend with the man who said this is worthwhile.
The LA Times has this to say about this film, "A haunting, beautifully made biography! Deeply passionate. Makes you wonder about the other American masters in the ghettos and barrios who won’t be able to beat the odds and break out."
Central Library, the largest of the nine Branches in the Regina Public Library system, is a social and informational hub in the heart of downtown Regina. The Library maintains an extensive calendar of programs, training opportunities, art exhibits in the Dunlop Art Gallery, along with film screenings in the Library's very own repertory film theatre!