Admission is free of charge and open to the public.
The black and white film tells the story of life in small-town Alabama in the 1930s and the events surrounding the trial of a black man wrongly accused of the rape of a white woman. The film stars Gregory Peck in an Oscar-winning performance, and features the screen debut of Robert Duvall. After the film, Dr. Blackwell will lead a discussion of southern racial politics in the Jim Crow era. The film is about women's status in traditional Chinese society. Dr. Xiaoming Zhang, assistant professor of history, will introduce the film.