SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL AND THE SCHOMBURG CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN BLACK CULTURE HOST PRIVATE PREMIERE SCREENING OF
BLACK HISTORY MONTH SPECIAL
THE GREEN BOOK: GUIDE TO FREEDOM
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20 AT 6:15 PM AT THE SCHOMBURG CENTER
On the heels of the Golden Globe-winning major motion picture, Smithsonian Channel and the Schomburg Center are co-hosting a private screening of Smithsonian Channel’s THE GREEN BOOK: GUIDE TO FREEDOM. Presented through historians, business owners and individuals who experienced first-hand the phenomenon of “traveling while black” in pre-Civil Rights America, the film tells the story of Victor H. Green’s eponymously named travel guide that allowed African Americans to safely tour the country during a time of severe institutionalized racism. Directed by acclaimed documentarian Yoruba Richen, the filmmaker behind the New Black, THE GREEN BOOK: GUIDE TO FREEDOM looks at the daily realities that African Americans faced on the road – the struggles, indignities, and dangers, but also the opportunities and triumphs that were won along the way. THE GREEN BOOK: GUIDE TO FREEDOM will premiere on Monday, February 25th at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Smithsonian Channel.
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