Hampton Center Film Series

Stormy Weather
Friday, Jan. 29, 2010, 6:30 p.m.

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
Friday, Feb. 19, 2010, 6:30 p.m.

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
Friday, March 19, 2010, 6:30 p.m.

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.