Join SAAACAM, SABIFF 2024, UTSA, Green Book Global, and Culture Travels Magazine as we screen and then discuss “The Green Book: Guide To Freedom”. (TV-PG)(2019)(60 mins).

Doors open at 6pm for light refreshments, and the film begins at 226 N. Hackberry in the Jo Long Theater at 6:30pm.

This TV movie, written and directed by Yoruba Richen, takes a deeper look into the real story of Victor H. Green’s “The Negro Motorist Green Book” during the Jim Crow era and beyond. In the 1930s, a black postal carrier from Harlem named Victor H. Green published a book that was part travel guide and part survival guide. It was called “The Negro Motorist Green Book”, and it helped African-Americans navigate safe passage across America well into the 1960s. Explore some of the segregated nation’s safe havens and notorious “sundown towns” and witness stories of struggle and indignity as well as opportunity and triumph.

Immediately following the film, join us for the lively panel discussion as we welcome writer and director of the film “The Green Book: Guide To Freedom”, Yoruba Richen, and Lawrence Phillips, founder of Green Book Global. The discussion will be moderated by Leroy Adams, Publisher of Culture Travels Magazine. Our theme will be “The Past, Present, and Future of Black Travel”. Our audience will be given the opportunity to participate in the discussion during the Q&A session.

ADMISSION IS FREE, BUT REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED!

*Food and beverages are NOT allowed in the historic Jo Long Theater Auditorium.*