All Fairfax Reads: 'If Beale Street Could Talk' Viewing and Discussion
Wednesday, September 18, 2024 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
City of Fairfax Meeting Room 101A & 101B, City of Fairfax Regional Library
In collaboration with Fairfax County Public Library's new series: All Fairfax Reads, join us for a screening of Barry Jenkins' Academy Award® nominated film, If Beale Street Could Talk. Released in 2019, the film is an adaptation of James Baldwin's novel of the same name. A panel discussion of the film will follow the screening. Cosponsored by George Mason University Library.
Rated R. 119 minutes.
Location: City of Fairfax Meeting Room 101A & 101B, City of Fairfax Regional Library 10360 North St, Fairfax, VA 22030
PANELISTS
Ericka Timmons
Erika strives to write through the lens of a black woman living in a world that lacks understanding or empathy for her. She is a graduate of Northern Virginia Community College, Sum Cum Lade with a AAS in Cinema and is continuing her education at George Mason University majoring in film studies with an emphasis on Producing and minoring in English.
Helon Habila
Helon Habila is a professor of creative writing at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA. He is the author of four novels including Oil on Water (2010) and Travelers (2019). His other books include a work of nonfiction, The Chibok Girls (2016), about the Islamist kidnappings of schoolgirls in Nigeria. He is the editor of the Granta Book of African Short Story (2011).
