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Justice in Film: I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

When a WWI vet is falsely convicted of robbery, he is forced to endure the brutal realities of the chain-gang system in the South. Based on the autobiography of Robert Elliot Burns. Directed by Mervyn LeRoy. Starring Paul Muni, Glenda Farrell. 92 min.

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Join us for the New-York Historical Society’s film series, featuring opening remarks by notable directors, writers, actors, and historians. This series will explore how film has tackled social conflict, morality, and the perennial struggles between right and wrong that are waged from the highest levels of government to the smallest of local communities.

Sherrilyn Ifill is the President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. and the critically-acclaimed author of On the Courthouse Lawn: Confronting the Legacy of Lynching in the 21st Century. Khalil Gibran Muhammad is Director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library, and the author of The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime and the Making of Modern Urban America.

Entrance to the film series is included with Museum Admission during New-York Historical’s Pay-as-you-wish Friday Nights (6–8 pm). No advanced reservations. Tickets are distributed on a first-come, first-served basis beginning at 6 pm. New-York Historical Society members receive priority.

The Robert H. Smith Auditorium at the New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024











When: Fri., Jan. 30, 2015 at 7:00 pm
Where: New-York Historical Society
170 Central Park West
212-873-3400
Price: Free with admission (pay-what-you-wish)
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When a WWI vet is falsely convicted of robbery, he is forced to endure the brutal realities of the chain-gang system in the South. Based on the autobiography of Robert Elliot Burns. Directed by Mervyn LeRoy. Starring Paul Muni, Glenda Farrell. 92 min.

Muni, Paul (I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang)_01

Join us for the New-York Historical Society’s film series, featuring opening remarks by notable directors, writers, actors, and historians. This series will explore how film has tackled social conflict, morality, and the perennial struggles between right and wrong that are waged from the highest levels of government to the smallest of local communities.

Sherrilyn Ifill is the President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. and the critically-acclaimed author of On the Courthouse Lawn: Confronting the Legacy of Lynching in the 21st Century. Khalil Gibran Muhammad is Director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library, and the author of The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime and the Making of Modern Urban America.

Entrance to the film series is included with Museum Admission during New-York Historical’s Pay-as-you-wish Friday Nights (6–8 pm). No advanced reservations. Tickets are distributed on a first-come, first-served basis beginning at 6 pm. New-York Historical Society members receive priority.

The Robert H. Smith Auditorium at the New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024

Buy tickets/get more info now