After a little holiday hiatus last month, the Queen Anne Movie Guild is back in action, hosting a screening of the documentary film “At the River I Stand” as part of its Second Saturdays Series this Saturday, February 12. From the QAMG:
At the River I Stand chronicles the tumultuous events that unfolded over two fateful months in 1968. It began as a local strike by African American sanitation workers for human dignity and a living wage. The story eventually captured national attention and drew Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to Memphis, along with the assassin who would kill him. The results marked a turning point in the Civil Rights Movement and the national struggle for racial and economic justice.
This film recounts the two months leading to Martin Luther King Jr.’s death, coinciding with the 65-day strike of 1300 Memphis sanitation workers. In 1994 it won the Organization of American Historians Erik Barnouw Award, and has been widely heralded as one of the most poignant documentaries about the civil rights movement.
As always, the screening will be held at 7 p.m. on Saturday, February 12 at the Queen Anne United Methodist Church, located at 1606 5th Ave W (the pink building next to the Queen Anne library branch). Moviegoers should use the Fellowship Hall entrance on W Garfield Street. Admission is free (though donations are welcome), and there will be coffee and doughnuts provided by the Queen Anne Top Pot Doughnuts.