One Vote: Every Vote Tells a Story
Location
Johnson Center Large Theatre
Presentation Type
Event
Start Date
10-9-2018 7:00 PM
Description
Join us for the opening screening of this year’s Pre-Humanities Symposium International film festival, Today’s Yesterday, a series of mainly documentary films which shine a light on events of the recent past, in keeping with the theme of the 17th Annual Fall Humanities Symposium, “The Present and the Future of the Past.” Our first film is a a new documentary film by Christine Woodhouse which focuses on voting in America. Filmed in five locations on a single day, One Vote captures the compelling stories of diverse American voters: the charismatic owner of the last tavern polling place in the US; an Alaskan family that travel miles of snow-covered roads to vote; an iconic American investor who devotes Election Day to helping voters in Omaha needing a ride; a gospel-singing physician who heals and empowers disenfranchised citizens in rural South Carolina; and a former felon, casting an emotional vote in Kentucky for the first time since his right to vote was restored. At times funny, surprising and heart-wrenching, their stories connect us with the struggles of generations past and voters’ dreams for the future. After viewing the film, stay on for a discussion with the film’s director herself!
Recommended Citation
Woodhouse, Christine, "One Vote: Every Vote Tells a Story" (2018). Humanities Symposium. 7.
https://repository.belmont.edu/humanities_symposium/2018/ff2018/7
One Vote: Every Vote Tells a Story
Johnson Center Large Theatre
Join us for the opening screening of this year’s Pre-Humanities Symposium International film festival, Today’s Yesterday, a series of mainly documentary films which shine a light on events of the recent past, in keeping with the theme of the 17th Annual Fall Humanities Symposium, “The Present and the Future of the Past.” Our first film is a a new documentary film by Christine Woodhouse which focuses on voting in America. Filmed in five locations on a single day, One Vote captures the compelling stories of diverse American voters: the charismatic owner of the last tavern polling place in the US; an Alaskan family that travel miles of snow-covered roads to vote; an iconic American investor who devotes Election Day to helping voters in Omaha needing a ride; a gospel-singing physician who heals and empowers disenfranchised citizens in rural South Carolina; and a former felon, casting an emotional vote in Kentucky for the first time since his right to vote was restored. At times funny, surprising and heart-wrenching, their stories connect us with the struggles of generations past and voters’ dreams for the future. After viewing the film, stay on for a discussion with the film’s director herself!
Comments
Convocation Credit: Global Citizenship, Leadership, Diversity, the Professions