Film Lecture: The Defiant Ones

Not Rated (1958) 96 minutes Black & White 

Directed by Stanley Kramer. 

Join librarian Doug Swiszcz for another of his lecture series on classic movies, this one a salute to actor Sidney Poitier.

Two escaped convicts (Poitier, Tony Curtis)--one black, one white--are chained together and must depend on each other in order to avoid capture. Nominated for nine Academy Awards, including a Best Actor nod for both Poitier and Curtis.

Come enjoy the film in our newly renovated Salem Family Auditorium, with comfortable new seats and improved acoustics.

Free and open to all.

The other films in this series screen on:
5/18 at 1:00 pm - A Raisin in the Sun
5/25 at 1:00 pm - Lilies of the Field
6/1 at 1:00 pm -   A Patch of Blue
6/8 at 1:00 pm -   In the Heat of the Night

Event Location: 
Salem Family Auditorium (Second Floor)
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