SECOND ANNUAL CURRY SCHOOL FILM FESTIVAL
TO FOCUS ON AFRICAN-AMERICAN FAMILY

	CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., March 19 -- "The African-American
Family, Love and Learning:  A Celebration in Films" will be the
theme of the Second Annual Curry School Film Festival to be held
March 21, 22 and 23 at the University of Virginia.  The focus of the
festival is to explore critical developmental themes of education
and family and their importance to African Americans. 
	Danny Glover will be a special guest at the screening of "To
Sleep with Anger" at 3 p.m. Friday, March 22, in Ruffner Hall.  For
a full listing of films scheduled over the three-day festival
contact University Union at (804) 924-3286 or the Information Desk
at 924-3601.  There is no charge for admission to the films.
	 The highlight of the festival will be special guests Glover
and Felix Justice performing interpretations from Langston Hughes'
poetry and speeches by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Friday, March
22, at 7 p.m. at the Charlottesville Center for the Performing
Arts.  Tickets are free of charge to U.Va. students with a valid ID
and $7 to the general public and are available in advance at Peabody
Hall or the Forestry Building as well as at the door beginning at
5:15 p.m.
	The festival is sponsored by University Union in cooperation
with the Luther P. Jackson Cultural Center and the Office of
African-American Affairs, the Curry School Education 
Council and Continuing Education.
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March 18, 1996

	FOR MORE INFORMATION, contact Ishmail Conway, director,
Luther P. Jackson Cultural Center at (804) 924-7923 or Sheryl Cohen
at the Curry School of Education, (804) 924 0583.