Race To Freedom
Showtime:
Thursday, March 22 at 7:00 PM
Race to Freedom follows four runaway slaves from a North Carolina plantation. Fortunately, the four discover the “Underground Railroad”, a secret network of safe houses where runaway slaves could stay on their journey north to freedom in the years leading up to the Civil War. This powerful period piece offers a heart-warming look at the triumph of the human spirit against seemingly impossible odds.
Helen K. Persson Hall - Kravis Center for the Performing Arts
Tickets $10 per night or $25 for the entire Festival
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Tuskegee Airmen
Showtime:
Thursday, March 29 at 7:00 PM
Based on true stories, Tuskegee Airmen presents the saga of six African-American men whose lives entwine as they seek to overcome a mountain of racism and become pilots in the United States Army Air Force during World War II. Though the Army – and by extension white America – seems determined to stop them, they succeed in their desire of becoming pilots and serving a country that has failed to serve them. “Uplifting! Inspirational!” – The New York Times
Helen K. Persson Hall - Kravis Center for the Performing Arts
Tickets $10 per night or $25 for the entire Festival
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| Something The Lord Made
Showtime:
Thursday, April 5 at 7:00 PM
Something the Lord Made tells the true story of two men – an ambitious white surgeon, Alfred Blalock, and a gifted black carpenter turned lab technician, Vivien Thomas – who defied the racial structures of the Jim Crow South and together pioneered modern bypass heart surgery.
Helen K. Persson Hall - Kravis Center for the Performing Arts
Tickets $10 per night or $25 for the entire Festival
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