GOODWIN MARKS BLACK HISTORY MONTH WITH
OSCAR-NOMINATED FILM & ART EXHIBIT
As part of Black History Month, Goodwin College will screen the
Oscar-nominated film Twelve Years A Slave, directed by Steve McQueen
with a script by John Ridley, based on the book by Solomon Northup. The film
follows the true story of Northup, a free black man from upstate New York,
who was abducted and sold into slavery in the antebellum South. There will be
two screenings — 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. — on Thursday, February 20, in the Goodwin
Auditorium. Admission is free for Goodwin College students and employees and
CTRA students and $5 for members of the public. The film will be followed by an
open forum discussion. Please contact Nicole Miller at nmiller@goodwin.edu for more information. Also, Black
History Month is being celebrated in the Goodwin Art Prints Gallery (main
building, Room 206) with works by Romare Bearden and Jacob Lawrence .The prints will be on display through the end
of February.
