Thu August 12, 2021 7:30 PM THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD CHAPTERS 3&4 Free Aero Theatre | Part of the BARRY JENKINS’ THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD series Attendees with RSVPs will be admitted on a first come, first served basis until the theatre reaches capacity.
ABOUT THE SCREENING Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Colson Whitehead, THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD chronicles Cora Randall’s (newcomer Thuso Mbedu) desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South. Academy Award® winner Barry Jenkins (MOONLIGHT) serves as showrunner and directs all ten episodes of the limited series. Join us for a free screening of these two episodes: Chapter 3: North Carolina (2021, Amazon Studios, 70 min, Dir: Barry Jenkins) Cora reaches a dangerous small town in North Carolina where she must secrete away in an abolitionist’s attic while putting everyone’s lives in danger. Chapter 4: The Great Spirit (2021, Amazon Studios, 40 min, Dir: Barry Jenkins) A young Arnold Ridgeway comes of age while testing his belief in The Great Spirit. FORMAT: DCP