Hampton Center Film Series

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All films will be presented at CF Hampton Center 1501 W. Silver Springs Blvd., Ocala

Please call to reserve your seat 352-873-5881

 

The Hampton Center Film series presents three high quality films, each followed by a brief discussion centered on the major themes of the film. Please visit our site for future films.

Hampton Center Film Series Past Films

2011 Film Series

Radio
Based on real life events, this thoughtful film follows the unusual relationship of high school football coach Harold Jones and a local man named Radio who is illiterate and mentally challenged.  Radio was long the target of joke by the community but their attitudes are changed when they see his growth under the coach’s guidance.   The two began a relationship in a small town in South Carolina in 1964 and that has amazingly continued through to today.
Cuba Gooding, Jr., Ed Harris, Alfre Woodard, Debra Winger Sony Pictures;
Directed by Mike Tollin; Rated PG
109 minutes; 2003

Something the Lord Made
Spanning 35years, this film tells the incredible true story of Dr. Alfred Blalock, a white surgeon, and Vivien Thomas, his black laboratory assistant, working during the segregation era. In 1944 Blalock developed
a revolutionary method of rerouting the blood supply to the heart, which ended up saving the life of a terminally ill baby.  Thomas was right by his side, talking him through the procedure.  An extraordinary relationship developed between these two men during this difficult time in history. Directed by Joseph Sargent, not rated, 110 minutes, 2004.

On Golden Pond
The plot focuses on aging couple Ethel and Norman Thayer, who spend each summer at their home on a lake called Golden Pond. During the year the story takes place, they are visited by daughter Chelsea with her fiancé, Bill, and his son Billy in tow. The film explores the often turbulent relationship the young woman shared with her father while growing up, the difficulties faced by a couple in the twilight years of a long marriage, and the special bond forged by Norman and Billy while his father and Chelsea spend time in Europe.
Directed by Mark Rydell, rated PG
109 minutes, 1981.

 

2010 Film series

Stormy Weather
Vaguely based on the life of Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, STORMY WEATHER is the story of a WWI veteran who falls in love with a singer. Under her influence he goes into show business but their careers draw them in different directions.  This musical offers the best of the great African- American entertainers of the early 1900s. Features Lena Horne, Bill Robinson, Fats Waller and Cab Calloway and His Band.
Directed by Andrew L. Stone;
78 minutes; 1943.

Freedom Writers.
Gruwell is ready to take on the world as she steps inside Wilson High School for her first day of teaching. Her class, a diverse group of racially charged teenagers from different walks of life— African Americans, Latinos, Asians, juvenile delinquents, gang members, and underprivileged students from poor neighborhoods--hope for nothing more than to make it through the day.
Directed by Richard LaGravenese;
Rated PG; 123 minutes; 2007

Homeless to Harvard
Weighed down with a cocaine addicted father and an HIV-infected mother, Liz spends her early years shuttling from squalid apartment to public shelter and back again. At 15, she breaks away from her home life (what there is of it) and takes to the streets. Only after the death of her mother does Liz develop the determination to better her lot in life.
Directed by Peter Levin;
104 minutes; 2003