Director: Spike Lee Run Time: 202 min.
Release Year: 1992
Starring: Al Freeman Jr., Albert Hall, Angela Bassett, Delroy Lindo, Denzel Washington
YWCA Lancaster’s Center for Racial & Gender Equity is celebrating Black History Month with Zoetropolis. This showing is FREE to the public.
5:30PM: Pre-screening discussion with Dr. Leroy Hopkins
6:00 PM: Film starting promptly
A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the ’50s, he became a Black Muslim and then a leader in the Nation of Islam. His assassination in 1965 left a legacy of self-determination and racial pride.
About the speaker:
Dr. Leroy Hopkins: Lancaster native, graduated with BA in German and Russian from Millersville State College and earned the Ph.D. in Germanic Languages & Literatures from Harvard. Retired in 2015 as Professor emeritus of Foreign Languages from Millersville University. Serve on boards of LancasterHistory, UGRR Museum of Pennsylvania, William Chester Ruth Legacy Project, African American Historical Society of South Central Pennsylvania, and Bethel Historical Services. Have published essays on local Black History of Lancaster County.
Questions? Email Isabel Castillo at icastillo@ywcalancaster.org