Independent Film: When a Witness Recants
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Join the Arts Council as we present the first film in the 26-27 Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers: When a Witness Recants
Monday, September 14th at 7PM in the Kress Theatre in Downtown Alexandria.
Tickets can be purchased at the door: $10, free for students.
SYNOPSIS
In 1983, Ta-Nehisi Coates learns of a Baltimore middle schooler’s murder and revisits the case,
uncovering how false testimony wrongly imprisoned three teenagers for 36 years.
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR / PRODUCER
Dawn Porter is an acclaimed American documentary filmmaker and founder of Trilogy Films whose work
has appeared on ESPN, Netflix, HBO, PBS, Hulu, and Apple TV+. Recently awarded the National
Humanities Medal by former president Joe Biden and received the IDA Career Achievement Award.
Meet members of the production team for a Q&A after the screening.
Southern Circuit screenings are funded in part by a grant from South Arts, a regional arts organization, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts. For more information about Southern Circuit please visit www.southarts.org/southerncircuit.
Monday, September 14th at 7PM in the Kress Theatre in Downtown Alexandria.
Tickets can be purchased at the door: $10, free for students.
SYNOPSIS
In 1983, Ta-Nehisi Coates learns of a Baltimore middle schooler’s murder and revisits the case,
uncovering how false testimony wrongly imprisoned three teenagers for 36 years.
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR / PRODUCER
Dawn Porter is an acclaimed American documentary filmmaker and founder of Trilogy Films whose work
has appeared on ESPN, Netflix, HBO, PBS, Hulu, and Apple TV+. Recently awarded the National
Humanities Medal by former president Joe Biden and received the IDA Career Achievement Award.
Meet members of the production team for a Q&A after the screening.
Southern Circuit screenings are funded in part by a grant from South Arts, a regional arts organization, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts. For more information about Southern Circuit please visit www.southarts.org/southerncircuit.
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Where is it happening?
Hearn Stage at the Kress Theatre, 301 Johnston St, Alexandria, LA 71301-8316, United States
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