The Right to Read (2023)
A documentary about America’s crisis of illiteracy and the civil rights struggle to give young people the skills they need to thrive.
A documentary about America’s crisis of illiteracy and the civil rights struggle to give young people the skills they need to thrive.
Film Screening
Friday, August 16, 2024, 6:00 PM
Doris Duke Theatre, Honolulu Museum of Art
900 South Beretania Street
“The Right to Read”
A film by Jenny Mackenzie. Produced by Lavar Burton. 2023.
Post-screening Panelists: Stacey Aldrich, Hawai’i State Librarian (moderator); Kareem Weaver, teacher, civil rights activist, co-founder of FULCRUM, Full and Complete Reading Is a Universal Mandate
Lead Event Sponsors: Harold K. L. Castle Foundation, HawaiiKidsCAN, Hawaii Department of Education, Hawaiʻi P-20
Event Co-sponsors: Chaminade University, Hawaii Literacy, International Dyslexia Association Hawaiʻi Branch – HIDA, Read To Me International, and Teach for America Hawaiʻi
Series Sponsors: Hawaiʻi Community Foundation, Kamehameha Schools Kaiāulu, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa