This 90-minute film - Trailer - will be streamed live in the Student Union for students, faculty, staff and administration (all attendees must wear a mask and follow social distancing protocol). Link may be shared for anyone including community members to view as well.
Doors open at 5:45 p.m. Please fill out PowerApp prior to arriving to campus. Film will begin at 6 p.m. Campus Life has purchased a group ticket (do not purchase your own ticket online). To stream on your own click the registration link below. If prompted, use code CEC1D8DC71F9E3B4.
The film: August 4, 1964. Nora starts a new life “passing” as a white woman while her sister, Carrie, travels to the Deep South to register Blacks to vote. The bodies of three civil rights workers have just been found in Mississippi, leading the sisters to question the price of civil rights, Black identity, and what it means to be Free.
Set against the backdrop of the 1964 Mississippi Voting Rights Project, Freedom Summer is a powerful reminder of the price paid by so many in pursuit of civil liberties, and the importance of making your voice heard in the political process.
