This weekend, Cinema St. Louis is partnering with the St. Louis Black Repertory Company for a special screening of the film, “Selma” at the Hi-Pointe Theatre.
The award-winning 2014 film chronicles the events surrounding the fight for Black suffrage leading up to the 1965 march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, and the eventual passage of the Voting Rights Act.
The Hi-Pointe screening is at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 20. General admission tickets are $10; discounted tickets are $8 for current students and seniors. Reserve your tickets here.
Last week, the play that inspired the movie opened The Black Rep’s 47th season. Paul Webb’s historical drama “Hold On!” celebrated its world premiere on The Black Rep stage under the direction of founder and producing director Ron Himes.
“Hold On!” runs through Jan. 28 at the Edison Theatre on the campus of Washington University. Tickets are available by visiting The Black Rep website.
While both Webb’s play and the film (for which Webb served as screenwriter) shine a light on the two extraordinary leaders of the day – Martin Luther King Jr. and Lyndon Baines Johnson – the two scripts widely differ, making the screening and the current Black Rep production a special opportunity to see both.
