**Thursday, Feb. 6th @ 6:30 - "The Other Side of Hope - Films About Immigration" - Filmmakers have tackled issues of displacement, discrimination, exploitation, and assimilation in movies like "Mississippi Masala" (about Indians in the Deep South), "The Other Side of Hope" (Syrians in Finland) and "The New Land" (Swedes in Minnesota). Film history expert Rick Winston shares clips from fifteen works that address one of the most pressing issues of our times.
Rick Winston was the co-owner of Montpelier's Savoy Theater for 29 years, and was Programming Director for the Green Mountain Film Festival for 14 years. He has taught film history at Burlington College, Community College of Vermont, Goddard College, and the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, and has made presentations throughout Vermont on film history.
RSVP to khotellingbml@gmail.com
The event is free and will be held at The Blake Memorial Library.
Blake Memorial Library, East Corinth
802-439-5338
www.blakememorial.org
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