Juniors & Seniors Attend Mill Valley Film Festival Screening

TMS juniors and seniors went to the Rafael Theater today for a screening of Soundtrack for a Revolution. After the film the students participated in a Q&A with the director. Here is some of the program notes about the film from the Mill Valley Film Festival website:

A young black man sits politely at the "whites only" counter in a diner as white men berate him, throw food at him, and eventually beat him. But when he hits the floor, another man takes his place at the counter. Watching this ghastly footage, captured during the bitter days of segregation, it seems impossible to imagine anyone willing to endure such senseless brutality. But pair images like this with soul-stirring folk songs like "I'm Gonna Sit at the Welcome Table," "Keep Your Eyes on the Prize," and "We Shall Overcome," and suddenly anything seems possible. Soundtrack for a Revolution tells the story of the American civil rights movement through the music that fortified protestors as they struggled for equality.