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Two VFH Funded Films Featured in Virginia Film Festival
Of the more than 75 films screened at the Virginia Film Festival, two are Virginia Foundation for the Humanities-sponsored documentaries that tell important stories for Virginia and the nation.
The Loving Story
Friday, November 4, 2011
6:30 p.m., U.Va. Nau Auditorium
2011. USA. 77 min. Director: Nancy Buirski. Featuring: Richard Loving, Mildred Loving.
Using found footage from the 1960s and contemporary interviews, this film tells the story of Richard and Mildred Loving: an interracial couple who were married at a time when interracial marriage was illegal in 16 states. Arrested and forced to leave Virginia in 1958 for the felony of being married, the Lovings decided to fight back. This film follows the couple and their young lawyers as they prepare for the landmark 1967 Loving v. Virginia Supreme Court case that would lead to the legalization of interracial marriage in all states.
Discussion with director Nancy Buirski, producer Elisabeth James, attorney Phil Hirschkop, Peter Wallenstein (Virginia Tech), Grace Hale (U.Va.), Barbara Perry (U.Va.).
The discussion panel is co-sponsored by Virginia Foundation for the Humanities. Discussion panelists include the co-producers of the film and Peter Wallenstein, Professor of History at Virginia Tech, who serves on VFH's Board of Directors. His research interests include the U.S. South, Virginia, civil rights, and segregation and desegregation. Panelist Grace Hale, Associate Professor of History and American Studies at the University of Virginia, was a VFH Fellow in 2006 working on her book, A Nation of Outsiders: How the White Middle-Class Fell in Love with Rebellion in Postwar America. Hale's interests include 20th century US cultural history and the US South. Panelist Barbara Perry is a senior fellow and associate professor at the Miller Center's Presidential Oral History Program. A well-known scholar of the U.S. Supreme Court and the American presidency, she was a VFH Fellow in 1996.
Supported by HBO and WHTJ.
The Reconstruction of Asa Carter
Friday, November 4, 2011
4:00 p.m., U.Va. Nau Auditorium
2011. USA. 57 min. Director: Marco Ricci. Cast: Frederick Burger, Dan T. Carter, Ken Forman.
Forrest Carter, best-selling author of The Outlaw Josey Wales and The Education of Little Tree, was an exalted Cherokee hero of New Age wisdom. As a leader in the Native American cultural revival of the 1970s, Forrest touched millions of readers with his gentle and earthy tales of Indian life. Twelve years after his death, however, the public learned that Forrest had a hidden past. Forrest Carter was actually Asa 'Ace' Carter, violent Ku Klux Klansman and Alabama Governor George Wallace's principal speechwriter - author of the infamous 1963 inaugural address "Segregation Now! Segregation Tomorrow! Segregation Forever!"
Discussion with producer Laura Browder will follow screening. Laura Browder, professor of American Studies at the University of Richmond, has been a VFH Fellow and directed several VFH grants, including a 2010 book When Janey Comes Marching Home: Stories of American Women at War. Additionally, her work and writing have been featured on VFH’s With Good Reason radio program and at the Virginia Book Festival.
The Virginia Film Festival is presented by the University of Virginia's College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences. The Virginia Film Festival is a four-day celebration of the magic of the movies featuring first-run features and timeless classics, high-profile industry insiders and up-and-coming stars, and filmmakers from throughout Virginia and beyond.
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