Feb. 23: ‘Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom’ screens at Empire Arts Center

Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom, will screen Thursday, Feb. 23, at 7 p.m. at the Empire Arts Center.

Join us for a free public viewing of Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013), which celebrates Nelson Mandela’s extraordinary journey from his childhood in a rural village through to his election as President of South Africa. It explores the Mandela unknown to most of the world – the lover of fancy cars, a ladies’ man, the boxing enthusiast and playboy, the skillful lawyer and freedom fighter.  The film is an intimate portrait of the making of a modern icon.

For more information go to http://ggfreads.org or contact Crystal Alberts (crystal.alberts@und.edu).

The event is presented by Greater Grand Forks Reads, City of Grand Forks, City of East Grand Forks, East Grand Forks Campbell Library, Empire Arts Center, Global Friends Coalition, Grand Forks Public Library, UND Center for Human Rights and Genocide Studies, UND Chester Fritz Library, UND Honors Program, UND Office of Diversity & Inclusion, and UND Writers Conference.