Becky Rowden and Roger Smith
3:00 - 4:00 pm | Tuesdays, January 20 through March 3

Films are screened at 1:00 pm each class day with closed captioning when available.

Cinema of the American South explores folklore, music, religion, humor, eccentricity, family dynamics, the plantation era, slavery, brutality, segregation,racial injustice, and incremental social change. It features playwright Tennessee

Williams, author Harper Lee, American abolitionist Harriet Tubman, country music singer Loretta Lynn, and civil rights leader Medgar Evers.

CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF 1955 | 108 MIN

HARRIET 2019 | 120 MIN

GHOSTS OF MISSISSIPPI 1996 | 130 MIN

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD 1960 | 129 MIN

WINTER’S BONE 2010 | 100 MIN

O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? 2000 | 107 MIN

COAL MINER’S DAUGHTER 1980 | 120 MIN

Becky Rowden is a retired attorney whose avocation is film and cinema studies. She is a longtime class member at TLC and has facilitated a number of TLC’s cinema course offerings.

Roger Smith has directed The Learning Center since its 2007 founding. His background in education includes languages, literature, and history.

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THE AMERICAN SOUTH IN CINEMA

SHOOTING THE SOUTH

Catherine Lewis | 1:00 - 2:00 pm

Tuesdays, January 13 | $10/$20

Free to those who enroll in

The American South in Cinema course.