AJFF Selects: Monkey Business: The Adventures Of Curious George's Creators The Atlanta Jewish Film Festival will screen Monkey Business: The Adventures Of Curious George’s Creators, a documentary about the couple behind one of literature’s most beloved characters, as part of its AJFF Selects series. This event is supported by a grant from Georgia Humanities.
The Vietnam War, an immersive ten-part, 18 hour documentary film series directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick and funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, tells the epic story of one of the most consequential, divisive, and misunderstood events in American history. The series features testimony of nearly 100 eyewitnesses, including “ordinary” Americans who fought in […]
Memories of Hardman Farm The Friends of Hardman Farm will host the debut of Memories of Hardman Farm, a new short film presenting memories of the farm from the people who knew it best. This event is supported by a grant from Georgia Humanities.
The Vietnam War Tune in to Georgia Public Broadcasting for The Vietnam War, a new documentary film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick. This 10-part, 18-hour documentary series will tell the epic story of one of the most controversial events in American history as it has never before been told on film. Historic resources include rarely […]
The Harvest preview and discussion Douglas Blackmon, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Slavery By Another Name, will discuss his new documentary film, The Harvest. The Harvest tells the story of the struggle to integrate public schools in one small Mississippi Delta town as seen through the eyes of black and white children born at the height of the […]
Atlanta Press Club Hall of Fame Dinner The Atlanta Press Club will celebrate new Hall of Fame inductees and the impact good journalism has made in Georgia and throughout the nation. Inductees include Fred Kalil, a long-time sports anchor; Aubrey Morris, the first news director of WSB Radio; Cynthia Tucker, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist for […]
Revolutionary Perspectives As part of the Coastal Heritage Society's Revolutionary Perspectives lecture series, the Gullah Geechee Ring Shouters will perform a ring shout, an African American religious ritual involving dance, call-and-response singing, and percussion. First performed by enslaved Africans, the ring shout affirms oneness with the Spirit and with ancestors as well as community cohesiveness. […]
Race and Understanding: A Conversation with Patrick Phillips Augusta University will host Patrick Phillips, author of Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America, for a reading and reception as part of the Sand Hills Writers Series. This event is supported by a Georgia Humanities grant.
World War I and the Movies As part of its World War I: Lessons from 100 Years Ago initiative, Thomas County Public Library will host a screening of The Road to Glory, a 1936 film depicting the realities of trench warfare in France during World War I. A discussion will follow the screening. This event […]
Almost Sunrise film screening This 2016 documentary shows the struggles of two Iraq combat veterans who walked across the USA to come to terms with their combat experiences. A panel discussion will follow, featuring Nick Irving, a veteran and author of the autobiography The Reaper; Sarah Cook, associate dean of Georgia State University's honors college; […]
