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
“The Right to Read”
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
