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Join UT ALA/TLA for a special screening of The Public, directed by Emilio Estevez! Pizza and snacks will be provided. We hope to see you there!
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MN0iLUj64zs
Wikipedia summary: (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Public_(film))
"After learning that emergency shelters are at full capacity when a brutal Midwestern cold front makes its way to Cincinnati, a large group of homeless library patrons led by Jackson (Michael Kenneth Williams) refuse to leave the downtown public library at closing time. What begins as a nonviolent Occupy-style sit-in and ragtag act of civil disobedience quickly escalates into a standoff with local riot police, led by a no-nonsense crisis negotiator (Alec Baldwin) and a savvy district attorney (Christian Slater) with lofty political ambitions, all as two librarians (Emilio Estevez and Jena Malone) are caught in the middle."