150 mins |
Rated
PG-13 (For an intense scene of war violence, some images of carnage and brief strong language.)
Monday, November 17th the Chelsea Theater will screen LINCOLN as part of the Orange County Remembrance Coalition's commemoration of the ratification by Congress of the 13th Amendment on Dec. 6, 1865.
Screenings are at 1pm & 6:30pm.
The 6:30pm screening will feature an introduction and post-film Q&A by UNC historian, W. Fitzhugh Brundage.
W. Fitzhugh Brundage’s general research interests are American history since the Civil War, with a particular focus on the American South. He has written on lynching, utopian socialism in the New South, white and black historical memory in the South since the Civil War, and the history of torture in the United States from the time of European contact to the twenty-first century. His current research project is a study of Civil War prisoner of war camps.
Steven Spielberg directs Daniel Day-Lewis in Lincoln, a revealing drama that focuses on the 16th President's tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country and abolish slavery. With the moral courage and fierce determination to succeed, his choices during this critical moment will change the fate of generations to come.
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Monday, November 17th the Chelsea Theater will screen LINCOLN as part of the Orange County Remembrance Coalition's commemoration of the ratification by Congress of the 13th Amendment on Dec. 6, 1865.
Screenings are at 1pm & 6:30pm.
The 6:30pm screening will feature an introduction and post-film Q&A by UNC historian, W. Fitzhugh Brundage.
W. Fitzhugh Brundage’s general research interests are American history since the Civil War, with a particular focus on the American South. He has written on lynching, utopian socialism in the New South, white and black historical memory in the South since the Civil War, and the history of torture in the United States from the time of European contact to the twenty-first century. His current research project is a study of Civil War prisoner of war camps.
Steven Spielberg directs Daniel Day-Lewis in Lincoln, a revealing drama that focuses on the 16th President's tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country and abolish slavery. With the moral courage and fierce determination to succeed, his choices during this critical moment will change the fate of generations to come.
