Friday, September 6, 2013 [cid:image001.jpg@01CEAAF0.55F33C00]The Loving Story<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUFI0uKh1Pc&feature=youtu.be> Director: Nancy Buirski A racially-charged criminal trial and a heart-rending love story converge in this documentary about Mildred and Richard Loving, a part-black, part-Indian woman married to a white man in Jim Crow-era Virginia. Thrown into rat-infested jails and exiled from their hometown for 25 years, the Lovings fought back and changed history. Time: 6 PM Location: Jason Lee Middle School, 602 N. Sprague Avenue Cost: Free Post film discussion with Paul and Marion Ray and Anne and Dave Jones, who will reflect on their personal experiences as inter-racial couples: Moderated by Bernadette Ray, Assistant Principal, Wilson High School Saturday, September 7, 2013 [cid:image002.jpg@01CEAAF0.55F33C00]Beasts of the Southern Wild<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSuG_dd9NKk&feature=youtu.be> Director: Benh Zeitlin In a forgotten but defiant bayou community cut off from the rest of the world by a sprawling levee, a six-year-old girl exists on the brink of orphanhood. Buoyed by her childish optimism and extraordinary imagination, she believes that the natural order is in balance with the universe until a fierce storm changes her reality. Desperate to repair the structure of her world in order to save her ailing father and sinking home, this tiny hero must learn to survive unstoppable catastrophes of epic proportions. Time:2:00PM Location:TacomaPublicLibrary 1102TacomaAvenueSouthCost:Free Post film discussion: Moderated by Dr. Joanne Clarke Dillman<http://www.tacoma.washington.edu/diversity/programs/outstandingwomen.cfm>, University of Washington Tacoma Thanks to our LOCAL PARTNERS University of Puget Sound Collins Memorial Library University of Puget Sound Environmental Policy & Decision Making Program University of Puget Sound Slater Museum of Natural History University of Puget Sound Art & Sci University of Washington Tacoma Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences (IAS) [cid:image004.jpg@01CEAAF2.33604DC0]<http://pugetsound.edu/>[cid:image006.jpg@01CEAAF2.33604DC0]<http://www.metroparkstacoma.org/>[cid:image007.png@01CEAAF0.55F33C00]<http://www.tacoma.uw.edu/>[cid:image009.jpg@01CEAAF2.33604DC0]<http://www.grandcinema.com/>[cid:image011.jpg@01CEAAF2.33604DC0]<http://www.evergreen.edu/> [cid:image013.png@01CEAAF2.33604DC0] <http://gritcitygrindhouse.com/> [cid:image015.png@01CEAAF2.33604DC0] <http://www.alchemyindoor.com/> [cid:image017.jpg@01CEAAF2.33604DC0] <http://www.tacoma.k12.wa.us/Pages/default.aspx> [cid:image019.jpg@01CEAAF2.33604DC0] <http://www.tpl.lib.wa.us/Default.aspx> [cid:image021.jpg@01CEAAF2.33604DC0]<https://www.facebook.com/WSLVA> [cid:image023.jpg@01CEAAF2.33604DC0] <http://www.washingtonhistory.org/> [cid:image025.jpg@01CEAAF2.33604DC0] Amy McBride, Tacoma Arts Administrator City of Tacoma Community & Economic Development Dept. 747 Market #900 Tacoma, WA 98402 253-591-5192 www.tacomaculture.org