Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Sing Your Song & Harry Belafonte
Part of the University of Virginia’s Community MLK Celebration
6:00 p.m. at The Paramount Theater
This year’s Community MLK Celebration keynote event will feature legendary singer, actor, and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte. The Paramount Theater will host a screening of the recent HBO documentary Sing Your Song at 6 p.m. Following the screening, Harry Belafonte and Julian Bond will discuss the film and Mr. Belafonte’s recent memoir My Song. A book signing will follow. This event is presented by the U.Va. Office for Diversity and Equity, the Paramount Theater, the Virginia Film Festival, the Virginia Festival of the Book, and the U.Va. Office of the Vice President for Human Resources. Note: This event is free and open to the public. Seating will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. Doors open at 5:00 p.m.
Watch the trailer for Sing Your Song here.
Sing Your Song will also be screened exclusively for local middle and high school students and educators at the Martin Luther King Jr. Performing Arts Center at 10:00 a.m. This event will feature a post-screening discussion with Mr. Belafonte and Larry Sabato and is presented by the Virginia Film Festival’s Outreach and Education Program and the U.Va. Center for Politics. If you are a local educator and wish to attend this screening, please contact the Film Festival’s Outreach and Education Coordinator, Jane Freeman.
The Virginia Film Festival’s Outreach and Education Program is presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and supported by the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation’s Community Endowment.
