If Beale Street Could Talk Viewing (City of Fairfax Regional Library)
Join us for a screening of Barry Jenkins' Academy Award® nominated film, If Beale Street Could Talk. Released in 2019, the film is an adaptation of James Baldwin's novel of the same name. A panel discussion of the film will follow the screening. Cosponsored by George Mason University Libraries. Rated R. 119 minutes. Wednesday, September 18 at 6:30 p.m. Register.
Go Tell It on the Mountain Virtual Book Discussion (Virtual Event)
Join us and George Mason University Professor Keith Clark for a discussion of James Baldwin's Go Tell It on the Mountain. The classic novel chronicles a fourteen-year-old boy's discovery of the terms of his identity as the stepson of the minister of a storefront Pentecostal church in Harlem one Saturday in March of 1935. Baldwin's rendering of his protagonist's spiritual, sexual and moral struggle of self-invention opened new possibilities in the American language and in the way Americans understand themselves.
James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket Film Viewing and Discussion (George Mason Regional Library)
Join us for a screening of the 1990 documentary, James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket. The film uses striking archival footage to capture Baldwin's formative years. Newsreel clips and Baldwin's running commentary place his work in the context of African American literature and the Civil Rights movement. Following the screening, George Mason University Professor Keith Clark will lead a discussion with the audience. Not Rated. 87 minutes.
Wednesday, October 23 at 6:30 p.m. Register.
Civil Rights in America: James Baldwin, Afrofuturism and Me (Chantilly Regional Library)
Join us as we conclude All Fairfax Reads with a talk by Emmy Award winning “CBS News Sunday Morning” contributor Nancy Giles, as she talks about the legacy of James Baldwin, and how his timeless (and what some would call ‘afrofuturistic”) writing, interviews, and uncompromising wit has inspired her work, both with CBS and as a writer/solo artist.
Wednesday, November 6 at 7 p.m. Register.
