OSSINING PUBLIC LIBRARY | 53 Croton Avenue, Ossining, NY | 914-941-2416 | www.OssiningLibrary.org
The Ossining Public Library Celebrates
Black History Month
February 1st
The Defiant Ones (1958)
Starring Sidney Poitier and Tony Curtis
Directed by Stanley Kramer | 96 minutes
In this film classic, two convicts – one white, one black – escape
from a southern chain gang and must cooperate to avoid capture.
Double Take:
Hollywood vs. History
Free • Curated by Bonnie Katz
Wednesdays at 6:30 pm
in the Budarz Theater
February 15th
Scarred Justice:
The Orangeburg
Massacre 1968 (2009)
Directed by Bestor Cram & Judy Richardson | 57 minutes
This documentary presents accounts of the police action against students on the campus of South Carolina
State University, which ended in tragedy but was excluded from most histories of the Civil Rights Movement.
Sadiq Sundiata will introduce the film and moderate a discussion.
Mr. Sundiata is a former president of the Ossining NAACP, a founding member of the Ossining Open Door Clinic and
a former chairman of the Rockland County Congress of Racial Equality.