FORT PIERCE, Fla.—Zora Neale Hurston's life will be on the big screen for a private screening on December 15th at Club Med Sandpiper. Admission is only $60 and includes dinner.
The screening will be attended by various community leaders who have been instrumental of this labor of love is a production of the St. Lucie Film Society. The Society received a grant from the St. Lucie County Cultural Affairs Council earlier this year for this project which was originally to appear in part at the Orange Avenue Post Office Museum. Other community leaders also supported the project which was directed by Jose Garofalo, produced by Yusif Isin and written by Jose Garofalo and Yusif Isin.
Local cast and several re-enactments were set here in Fort Pierce, but research, interviews and b-roll were collected in Gainesville, Eatonville, Atlanta, Washington D.C. and New York City.
For more information on the screening, please call 772-343-1818 or purchase your tickets on-line!
The St. Lucie Film Society is dedicated to the promotion of independent and foreign film as an art form and to bring films of artistic and cultural importance to our community. Their mission is to develop events that will expose their neighbors to culturally diverse films. It will also assist in the education of future filmmakers through educational programs, scholarships, and other forms of support. For more information, please visit their website at www.stluciefilmsociety.com or call them at 772.343.1818.
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P.O. Box 8824 Port St. Lucie, FL 34985-8824 772.343.1818