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MEDIA ADVISORY
Mayor William
J. Holtzinger
CONTACT: Susan Harding, Acting Public
Information Officer, 301-600-1385
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday,
January 24, 2007
MovieTime at
the
“Glory”
As
part of the celebration of Black History Month at the
the
and Matthew Broderick, on Friday, February 2, 2007 at 8:00pm. “Glory” is a celebration
of a little-known act of mass courage during the Civil War. Simply put, the heroes
involved have been ignored by history due to racism. Those heroes were the all-black
members of the 54th Regiment of the Massachusetts Volunteer
Infantry, headed by
Robert Gould Shaw (Matthew Broderick), the son of an influential abolitionist (played by
an uncredited Jane Alexander). Despite the fact that the Civil War is ostensibly being
fought on their behalf, the black soldiers are denied virtually every privilege and amenity
that is matter of course for their white counterparts; as in armies past and future, they are
given the most menial and demeaning of tasks. The film won a Best Supporting Actor
Oscar for Denzel Washington, and additional statuettes for Best Cinematography
(Freddie Francis) and Sound Recording.
Students attending with valid school I.D. will
receive one complimentary
ticket to the upcoming showing of “When We Were Kings” the true life tale
of the
classic Muhammed Ali and George Foreman boxing match on February
17, 2007 at 8PM.
To purchase tickets, call the Weinberg Center
for the Arts at 301-600-2828, 301-
228-2838
TTY or stop by the Box Office Tuesday thru Friday 10:00am to 4:00pm and
Saturday
10:00am to 2:00pm. Tickets are available
online at www.weinbergcenter.org.
The Weinberg Center for the Arts, a municipal
facility of the City of
located
at
opened
in 1926 as the
Today as one of the region’s premier
presenting facilities, the 1,100 seat Weinberg
Center offers professional LIVE!
Series, including dance, music, theatre, family
performances
and films, weekday performances for students, and classic movies.
Performance
space and professional services are available to a variety of community arts
groups,
civic and business organizations, and other arts promoters. Programming
at the
Mid-Atlantic
Arts Foundation, The Frederick News-Post, State Farm Insurance, The
Tivoli
Society, other corporate and individual
donors.. For more information about
upcoming
events at the
visit www.weinbergcenter.org.
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