Saturday, February 28, 2015

"Smoke Signals" movie screening at Jones Mar 3

Film Screening & Discussion: Smoke Signals

On Tuesday, March 3, 2015 at 7 pm in the Woodbury Room, Jones Library will be showing Smoke Signals, the sixth in a film and discussion series being held over several months which look at issues of race.  A facilitated discussion will be held after the screening.

Smoke Signals is a feature film which debunks stereotypes about native people.  An award winner at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival, the film is based on Sherman Alexie's short story "This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona" from his book The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven.

Free and open to the public.  For more information, please contact Janet Ryan at 413-259-3223 or ryanj@joneslibrary.org

This film series is co-sponsored by the Jones Library and The Coming Together Project.  More information about The Coming Together Project can be found at http://www.coming-together.org/.