The Learning Tree

6 PM Discussion w/Steve Ryfle, providing context by highlighting archival materials showing how difficult it was for Hollywood to address racial politics through film, to hire African-American filmmakers, writers, & cast, & how certain people within the industry worked to reverse decades of institutional racism.
7 PM Film Screening of THE LEARNING TREE, a 1969 drama film directed by Gordon Parks.
Event cosponsored by the Friends of UW-Madison Libraries, Cinematheque, & the Chazen