Loading...Local filmmaker Morgan Atkinson's new documentary about world renowned Civil Rights champion John Howard Griffin will premiere in Louisville on September 16, proceeds going to support Interfaith Paths to Peace and future film projects.
Griffin was a close friend of Thomas Merton, but gained an international reputation as a champion of Civil Rights for African
Americans when in the late 1950s he temporarily dyed his skin black and traveled in the Deep South trying to experience first hand the evils of America's version of Apartheid.
He chronicled his experience in the best selling book, "Black Like Me."
The film, "Uncommon Vision: The Life and Times of John Howard Griffin," will be shown at Clifton Center, 2117 Payne St., beginning at begin at 7 p.m. (EDT) Thursday. Sept. 16. Discussion will follow the screening. Tickets for the film premiere are $10 and can be purchased at the door.
For information about the film visit, www.morganatkinson.com
Proceeds support the work of Interfaith Paths to Peace and future film projects by Morgan Atkinson.
