Morton Theatre Corporation Presents: Mike Wiley Performs "Dar He: The Story of Emmett Till"
Apr
11
7:00 PM19:00

Morton Theatre Corporation Presents: Mike Wiley Performs "Dar He: The Story of Emmett Till"

In 1955, a 14-year-old black Chicago youth traveled to the Mississippi Delta with country kinfolk and southern cooking on his mind. He walked off the train and into a world he could never understand — a world of thick color lines, of hard-held class systems and unspeakable taboos. Young Emmett crossed that line and stepped into his gruesome fate by whistling at a white woman.

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Banff Mountain Film Festival 2024
Mar
23
7:00 PM19:00

Banff Mountain Film Festival 2024

Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival is one of the largest and most prestigious mountain festivals in the world! Hot on the heels of the Festival that is held every fall in beautiful Banff, Alberta, the Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour hits the road. With stops planned in roughly 550 communities and more than 40 countries across the globe, the Banff World Tour celebrates amazing achievements in outdoor storytelling and filmmaking worldwide! Half-Moon Outfitters has the privilege of showcasing these films to their local communities and loyal customers.

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Morton Theatre Corporation Presents - "SHINE! Celebrating Our Youth in Concert"
Nov
26
4:00 PM16:00

Morton Theatre Corporation Presents - "SHINE! Celebrating Our Youth in Concert"

The Morton Theatre Corporation in collaboration with HEART Music presents "SHINE! Celebrating Our Youth Through an Inclusive Concert", an event that sees the best Clarke County School District students performing different genres of music written by Black composers as well as the premiering of a new composition written by the local artist Kishi Bashi.

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Film Screening: Buck and the Preacher
Jun
8
6:00 PM18:00

Film Screening: Buck and the Preacher

Athens-Clarke County Inclusion Office, Human Relations Commission, and the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, Athens, Georgia Branch (aka Athens ASALH) present a free screening of “Buck and the Preacher” (1972). This American Western film is directed by Sidney Poitier. Poitier also stars in the film alongside Harry Belafonte and Ruby Dee.

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