Filmmaker, Frederick Lewis, presents his feature length documentary Paul Laurence Dunbar: Beyond The Mask, a film about the life and legacy of the first African American writer to gain international fame.
Film screening, followed by post-screening discussion.
About Paul Laurence Dunbar: Born to former slaves in Dayton, Ohio, where he was boyhood friends with the Wright Brothers, Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906) is best remembered for his poem “We Wear The Mask” and for lines from “Sympathy” that became the title of Maya Angelou’s famous autobiography “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.” A clip of Angelou reciting Dunbar’s poem is featured in the film.
Free for AWM members, $6 for member guests, $12 for non-members
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American Writers Museum
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180 N. Michigan Ave.
Chicago, IL