Next Film:

Ghosts of Mississippi

Starring: Alec Baldwin, James Woods, and Whoopi Goldberg

2:00 PM, Sunday, February 19, 2012

Lawrence Public Library Auditorium

Free and Open to the Public

A dramatization of the 1994 trial of Byron De La Beckwith for the murder of civil rights leader Medgar Evers in 1963. Directed by Rob Reiner, the film was nominated for two Academy Awards in 1997.

The program will include a post-screening discussion of the law and the legal system as portrayed in the film, led by a local attorney.

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The Douglas County Law Library is sponsoring the Reels of Justice Film Series as a public service in its education and outreach program to promote a better understanding of the legal system in the community at large. The series will feature films that have been selected for their overall quality and for their portrayal of the legal system. Most of the films in the series are classics and feature major motion picture stars of the past and present. Films are screened four times per year, in February, May, August, and November.

In addition to the screening of a film, each program will include commentary on the main theme of the film and the accuracy of the film in portraying the legal system. Whenever possible, the commentary will be provided by a local attorney familiar with the film who will also take questions from the audience.

This free film series is co-sponsored by the Lawrence Public Library and is presented in the Lawrence Public Library Auditorium.

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Some Other Films in the Series:

The Rainmaker

May 2012

Snow Falling on Cedars

August 2012 (Tentative)

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For more information, contact the Law Library at: info@douglascolawlibrary.org.

Comments to: Webmaster: Kerry Altenbernd, Law Librarian, Douglas County Law Library, Judicial and Law Enforcement Center, 111 East 11th Street, Lawrence, KS  66044.

Created: May 19, 2006; Revised: November 21, 2011