Woodruff Arts Center
February 11, 2008 - December 31, 2008
Seeking Justice: The Leo Frank Case Revisited
Film scholar Matthew Bernstein will lead a film series, Screening a Lynching, that explores how Hollywood has dealt with the controversial subject of the Leo Frank case. Dr. Bernstein is Professor and Chair of the Department of Film Studies at Emory University and the host/moderator of Atlanta’s Key Sunday Cinema Club. He is also the author of Walter Wanger, Hollywood Independent (1994, 2000) and editor of Controlling Hollywood: Censorship and Regulation in the Studio Era (2000), among other books. This series is derived from his forthcoming book, Screening a Lynching: The Leo Frank Case on Film and TV (University of Georgia Press, 2009).
Programs accompanying the exhibition:
Screening A Lynching: The Leo Frank Case on Film and TV
Moderator is Matthew H. Bernstein, Prof. of Film Studies at Emory University.
Sundays at 2 PM at The Breman on March 16, March 23, and March 30.
Special showing of The Oxbow Incident will be June 8th.
For more info go to http://www.thebreman.org/progevents/special_exhib.htm#film
Tickets are available day of program at The Breman. $10 adults, $6 seniors $4 students. Admission to museum is included in ticket price.
"Story Songs": The Ballad in American History
Sunday, April 13 at 2 p.m.
The murder of Mary Phagan, like many dramatic events in American history, became the subject of an often-sung ballad. A musicologist, accompanied by the Georgia Fireflies, an “old-timey” Appalachian country-folk ensemble will give voice to this musical tradition.
