Screening of "A Death in the City"

2745 Creekside Drive,Twinsburg OH 44087

14 March, 2023

Description

Join Cleveland filmmaker Marquette Williams for a live screening of his new film focused on racial unrest from local history. On April 7, 1964, Rev. Bruce Klunder, age 26, was killed during a protest in Cleveland’s Glenville neighborhood. A full decade after the Brown v. Board Supreme Court decision, the city’s schools were more segregated and inequitable than ever. Local playwright Faye Sholiton began interviewing people who recalled those troubled years involving Cleveland Public Schools. Their testimonies informed her 2017 play, “A Death in the City.” Now the play has been adapted into Williams’ film, starring storyteller Sherrie Tolliver and featuring archival film footage.