Silverspot Cinema

Carolina Public Humanities works to extend the resources of UNC-Chapel Hill to the community.  Our mission involves offering public events that draw upon the humanities to nurture a deeper understanding of history and culture and contribute to the development of a more humane world. With this spirit in mind, we're partnering with Silverspot Cinema (and art house cinemas across the nation!) for a national screening and day of dialogue featuring George Orwell's 1984. We see the arts and humanities as essential to our understanding…

Join Carolina Public Humanities and Greg Kable from Playmakers Rep at Silverspot Cinema on June 5 for a pre-show talk before a screening of National Theatre Live's presentation of the classic play, Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf?. The talk starts at 6:45pm. The performance starts at 7pm. Purchase tickets here: https://www.silverspot.net/Ticketing/ssSelectMovie.aspx?cinemaId=0000000004&day=5&Date=6/5/2017 

"The Ties That Bind" is a documentary film memoir told by Carrboro filmmaker Diana Newton, the sister of a transgender woman from her religious family in the American South. Her sister Christine risked coming out to her family in 2003, at a time and place where gender fluidity was not well understood, much less accepted. Her personal strength, the power of a sibling ally and the surprising transformation of some family members is a deeply inspiring story that goes from…