Barnard College celebrates alumna Zora Neale Hurston’s ’28 legacy as a writer, folklorist and anthropologist with a premiere screening of Zora’s Roots, a new documentary that will air on PBS stations throughout the month of April. Hurston was Barnard’s first black graduate and the author of the renowned novel Their Eyes Were Watching God, among her many accomplishments. The screening will take place as part of a celebration of fifteen years of Africana Studies at Barnard and be followed by a discussion with the film’s writer and director Tom Lowe and Barnard English Professor Monica Miller. For more information, call 212-854-9850 or visit www.barnard.edu. DATE: April 4, 2008
TIME: 3:30 pm
LOCATION: Barnard College, Lehman Auditorium, 202 Altschul Hall,
West 117th Street and Broadway
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