This screening includes West Side Story
- Date and time:
- Fri, Sept 5, 2014, From 7–9:32 pm
- Runtime:
- 2 hr 32 min
- Cost:
- Free, but ticketed
Series: George Chakiris
About West Side Story
Actor George Chakiris is scheduled to be present. The screening is SOLD OUT, but a standby line will be recognized and open seats will be filled at showtime.
West Side Story highlights the tensions between two rival gangs through a modern-day
tragic love story based in “Romeo and Juliet.” It brings to light aspects of race relations in a
blue collar NYC neighborhood through an incredible cast, Leonard Bernstein musical score,
Stephen Sondheim lyrics, and choreography where the Jets (primarily descended from Eastern
Europeans) battle the Sharks (immigrants from Puerto Rico) for territory. The film anticipates
major societal shifts in the United States at the cusp of the civil rights movement, in
addition to its ground breaking cinematic form. (2K DCP presentation)
His visit is sponsored by Collins Living Learning Center, College Arts
and Humanities Institute, African American and African Diaspora
Studies, Horizons of Knowledge, Departments of American Studies,
Communication and Culture, Spanish and Portuguese, Latino Studies
Program, Cultural Studies Program, Center for Latin American
and Caribbean Studies, International Studies Program, La Casa,
Department of Theatre, Drama and Contemporary Dance, and IU
Cinema. Special thanks to Yara and Ysabel Clüver. Screenings are
free, but ticketed.