As
part of an ongoing Pelham-wide commemoration of the 50th anniversary
of the deaths of Civil Rights workers Michael Schwerner – a Pelham
resident and graduate of Pelham Memorial High School,—James Earl Chaney, and
Andrew Goodman, The
Picture House will screen the important documentary Freedom Summer directed
by Stanley Nelson on Sunday, June 22nd
at 5pm. The
film will be shown at The Picture House ahead of its June 24th premiere
on American Experience on PBS and
will be followed by a discussion and Q&A with an expert panel moderated by Lawrence Weschler.
The
post-screening panel will include former dean of Columbia University’s Graduate
School of Journalism and The New Yorker
staff writer, Nicholas Lemann, and Dr. John Howard, Distinguished Service
Professor Emeritus, Purchase College, The State University of New York. The
discussion will be led by author and academic Lawrence Weschler.