Media Advisory
For Saturday, April 26, 2:30pm
Contact: Deborah Tudor, Associate Dean, SIU College of Mass Communication and Media Arts, (618) 453-4308, dtudor@siu.edu
Free Film Screening Captures Town's Fight for Survival
Saturday, April 26, 2:30pm, Carbondale Public Library
Carbondale, Ill. -- Reporters, camera crews, and photographers are invited to cover a free public screening and discussion of the Independent Lens film Medora, on Saturday, April 26 at 2:30pm at the Carbondale Public Library, 405 West Main.
The film is part of Community Cinema, a series of free public screenings and discussion of films presented by the SIU Carbondale College of Mass Communication and Media Arts (MCMA), WSIU Public Broadcasting, the public media arm of SIU Carbondale, and the Carbondale Public Library.
A once booming rural community with a thriving middle class, Medora, Indiana has seen its factories and farms close as the population dwindles. An in-depth, deeply personal look at small town life, Medora follows the down-but-not-out Hornets varsity basketball team over the course of the 2011 season, capturing their stories both on and off the court. Riding a brutal losing streak when the film begins, the team's struggle to compete bears eerie resemblance to the town's fight for survival.
Dr. Bobbi Knapp, Associate Professor in Kinesiology and SIU Sports Sociologist, and Marialice Jenkins, Carbondale Community High School Girls Basketball Coach and SIU alumna, will lead a discussion after the film. Refreshments will be provided.
The final Community Cinema film screening of the 2013-14 season is The New Black and will take place on Saturday, May 31 at 2:30pm at the Carbondale Public Library.
For more information about WSIU's Community Cinema screenings, contact Deborah Tudor, Associate Dean of the SIU Carbondale College of Mass Communication and Media Arts, at (618) 453-4308 or dtudor@siu.edu. Visit our local Community Cinema website at www.wsiu.org/communitycinema.
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