Green Book

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Series/Themes: Featured

Genre: Drama

Film Year: 2018

Locations: USA

Film Length: 130 min.

Languages: English

Director: Peter Farrelly.

Featuring: Mahershala Ali, Linda Cardellini, Viggo Mortenson, Don Stark, Sebastian Maniscalco, P.J Byrne.

When Tony Lip (Viggo Mortensen), a bouncer from an Italian American neighborhood in the Bronx, is hired to drive Dr. Don Shirley (Mahershala Ali), a world-class Black pianist, on a concert tour from Manhattan to the Deep South, they must rely on “The Green Book” to guide them to the few establishments that were then safe for African-Americans. Confronted with racism, danger—as well as unexpected humanity and humor—they are forced to set aside differences to survive and thrive on the journey of a lifetime.

Presented by Bank of America

Supported by Office for Diversity and Equity and Office for Equal Opportunity and Civil Rights

This film is part of the Race in America series presented by James Madison’s Montpelier and supported by Virginia Commission for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts

Thursday, November 1
7:00 PM
The Paramount Theater
Add To Calendar 20181101 19:00 20181101 21:30 America/New_York VFF: Green Book

When Tony Lip (Viggo Mortensen), a bouncer from an Italian American neighborhood in the Bronx, is hired to drive Dr. Don Shirley (Mahershala Ali), a world-class Black pianist, on a concert tour from Manhattan to the Deep South, they must rely on “The Green Book” to guide them to the few establishments that were then safe for African-Americans. Confronted with racism, danger—as well as unexpected humanity and humor—they are forced to set aside differences to survive and thrive on the journey of a lifetime.

Presented by Bank of America

Supported by Office for Diversity and Equity and Office for Equal Opportunity and Civil Rights

This film is part of the Race in America series presented by James Madison’s Montpelier and supported by Virginia Commission for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts

 The Paramount Theater Virginia Film Festival info@virginiafilmfestival.org

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