North Carolina Educational Film Series at the Carolina Theatre in Durham

All three films about North Carolina! All three films guaranteed to stimulate interesting conversations about important topics such as Race and Immigration! All Screenings begin at 11:30 am and are followed by a Q&A with the filmmaker Tickets are $5

February 3, 2009

February One highlights the four freshmen from North Carolina A&T University who initiated the 1960 Greensboro Woolworth lunch counter sit-ins, which set in motion a whirlwind of sit-ins that swept the South and reignited the Civil Rights movement. The film uses first hand accounts of the events to document one volatile winter in Greensboro that not only changed public accommodation laws in North Carolina, but served as a blueprint for non-violent protests throughout the 1960's. (61 minutes)www.februaryonedocumentary.com Cinema One

March 10, 2009 Durham: A Self-Portrait explores the history of race and class in the Bull City. The film opens with the “secret game,” a basketball match-up played one Sunday morning in 1944, between N.C. Central and an all-white team from the Duke University medical school. We then meet real Durham people from every walk of life, telling stories that span the past century. (80 minutes) www.portraitofdurham.com Cinema One April 14, 2009

The Guestworker We are in the midst of volatile debates on immigration reform. While some would expand legal immigration programs, others believe that militias and fences along the Mexican/U.S. border are the right option. In a lyrical and compelling narrative, “The Guestworker” explores the motivation and economic necessity that has called Don Candelario Gonzalez Moreno, a 66 year-old Mexican farmer, across the border to labor on US farms since the 1960s.(53 minutes)Cinema One

To purchase tickets call the Carolina Theatre Box office at (919) 560-3030 For more information contact Rebecca Cerese at rcerese@mindspring.com

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