60th Anniversary of the March on Washington Film Screening
National Archives Museum
Washington, DC
Friday, August 25, 2023 - 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. EDT
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Join us for a film screening and discussion of director James Blue’s 1964 film The March, which documented the August 28, 1963, March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Speakers include David A. Frank, professor of rhetoric at the University of Oregon; William Jones, professor of history at the University of Minnesota; and Christina Austin, supervisory motion picture preservation specialist at the National Archives and Records Administration, and Isisara Bey, artistic director, March on Washington Film Festival. The film was produced by the United States Information Agency (USIA).
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