MSU Film Collective: THE WORLD OF PIRI THOMAS

MSU Film Collective: THE WORLD OF PIRI THOMAS

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When:
January 30, 2020 @ 7:00 pm
2020-01-30T19:00:00-05:00
2020-01-30T19:15:00-05:00
Where:
B122 Wells Hall
619 Red Cedar Rd
East Lansing, MI 48824
USA
MSU Film Collective: THE WORLD OF PIRI THOMAS @ B122 Wells Hall | East Lansing | Michigan | United States

1/30 The World of Piri Thomas (dir. Gordon Parks, 1968)

Presented by Yomaira Figueroa

Gordon Parks along with writer and poet, Piri Thomas, lead us on a journey through New York City’s Spanish Harlem. Parks guides our eyes through El Barrio, while Thomas reads from his best-selling memoir, “Down These Mean Streets.” These sights and sounds record the grim and crumbling life of the neighborhood and its inhabitants, but also provide a glimmer of hope for “survival and triumph over the ghetto.”