Nickelodeon Theatre Hosts Talkbacks with Selma Screenings
January 6, 2015
COLUMBIA, SC – The Nickelodeon Theatre, South Carolina’s only non-profit art house film theater, will showSelma, the anticipated film based on true stories of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Civil Rights marches of Selma, Alabama, Jan. 9-29, 2015. Following three of the screenings the Nick will also host talkbacks, two of which are part of the Hand-in-Hand initiative backed by Paramount Pictures and local faith leaders.
Several local historians, authors and experts on the Civil Rights movement as well as locals who marched on Selma, Alabama will facilitate the talkbacks, designed to bring people from different races and backgrounds together for post-film discussions.
The Nickelodeon is screening Selma several times daily Jan. 9 – 29. The screenings with talkbacks are as follows:
Selma screenings with talkbacks (visit Nickelodeon.org for more information):
January 10, 11 a.m. (#SelmaHandinHand Initiative Partnership)
Henri Baskins, Exec. Director of Greater Columbia Community Relations Council
Betsy Newman, Producer SCETV
Bud Ferillo, Civil Rights Activist / Director, “Corridor of Shame”
January 11, 2 p.m. (#SelmaHandinHand Initiative Partnership)
Dr. Bobby Donaldson, University of SC Assoc. Prof of History
James Felder, Author / Civil Rights Archivist
Mrs. Estelle Young, Selma March Attendee
January 18, 2 p.m. (USC Institute for Southern Studies Partnership)
Dr. Melissa Cooper – Univ of SC Institute of Southern Studies
Dr. Todd Shaw – Univ. of SC Assoc. Director of African-American Studies
Dr. Patricia Sullivan – Civil Rights Historian
