Sensible Cinema: “Eyes of Mississippi”

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When:
January 18, 2019 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm America/Los Angeles Timezone
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Where:
Unitarian Universalist Center
1187 Franklin Street @ Geary Blvd.
San Francisco
CA
Our film this month is a West Coast Premier celebrating the life of Bill Minor, the white journalist many have never heard of.  His tenacious reporting during the Civil Rights Era was essential to getting the written word out of Mississippi.  He used his Times Picayune column called “Eyes of Mississippi” to do that along with other news sources.
 
We will feature the Producer/Director, Ellen Fentress along with Prof. James Taylor from USF as speakers.

                                    Sensible Cinema

   Sponsored by the UUSF Social Justice Council

 Presenting the West Coast Premier of

 Eyes of Mississippi

 Friday, January 18, 2018, 6:30pm

Unitarian Universalist Center 1187 Franklin Street @ Geary Blvd.

 Eyes Of Mississippi by film director Ellen Ann Fentress is the story of the impact of one relatively unknown reporter Bill Minor determined to call out racism and government dishonesty in his weekly column “Eyes Of Mississippi”  during the Southern Civil Rights Movement from 1945-2017 in his home state of Mississippi which was the burning core.

Following the screening  producer/director Ellen Ann Fentress will be in conversation with Professor James Taylor of USF Afro-American Studies.  (56 min run-time

Free Admission (donations appreciated).

As usual, popcorn and other refreshments will also be available.

For more information please contact: Melvin Starks (mcs104@hotmail.com) or Larry Danos (415-722-6480)

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