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FILM SCREENING: CITIZEN ASHE
February 12, 2022 @ 1:30 pm
FILM SCREENING: CITIZEN ASHE
Saturday, Feb. 12th | Oriental Theatre | 1:30 p.m.
Filmmakers Sam Pollard and Rex Miller chart the evolution of tennis legend Arthur Ashe—still the only Black man to win singles champion- ships at Wimbledon, the U.S. Open, and the Australian Open. The film chronicles how Ashe navigated between a conservative sports cul- ture and the activist politics of the Civil Rights movement, finding his voice as an advocate for the oppressed before his life was cut short by AIDS-related complications at age 49.
