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2sdays: "Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am"

In the film, Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am, Director Timothy Greenfield-Sanders does an impeccable job of combining interviews with Toni Morrison herself along with archival footage. We’ll learn about Morrison’s childhood and how she rose to fame as an author while working as an editor for Random House in New York City for 19 years. Throughout her interviews, she’s an articulate, warm, funny, blunt, intelligent and perceptive human being. This is the type of documentary where the details are just as engaging as the provocative, broader topics that the film raises, such as racism. Did you know that she preferred to write her novels during the early hours of the morning before the sun rose, while her children were sleeping? Did you know that Oprah wanted to speak to Morrison so desperately that she called her hometown’s fire and police departments to ask for her number? Did you know about the negative reviews of Morrison’s novels and what made them so controversial? Prepare to be enlightened. Not only is this film very insightful, it’s also just as equally moving, particularly as you watch Morrison opening up emotionally about her struggles, and, later on, as you see footage of her accepting the Nobel Prize. “It doesn’t matter whether you've read all (or any) of Morrison’s books. Either way, you may leave the theater (library) wanting to pick one up on the way home,” says Alan Zilberman of the Washington Post. 1:59. Rated PG-13 for some disturbing images and thematic material.

Date:
Tuesday, November 19, 2019 Show more dates
Time:
2:00pm - 4:00pm Eastern Time
Location:
Multi-Purpose Room A
Library:
Dover Public Library
Audience:
  Adults  
Categories:
  Community and Culture