The exclusive Southeast screening of "Silver Wings & Civil Rights: The Fight to Fly" will be at Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium on Tuesday The documentary film tells the story of the Tuskegee Airmen in their own words.
“Silver Wings & Civil Rights: The Fight to Fly” will be shown one day only, on Tuesday, with a matinee at 2 p.m. and an evening show at 7 p.m.
The cost is $5 per person and proceeds will benefit the continued revitalization and renovation efforts at Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium and Community Theatre.
Film synopsis: In World War II, the first group of African-Americans to fly for the U.S. military proved themselves equal among their fellow flyers. Overseas they had defeated one enemy. At home, the fight for equality was to be their greatest victory as they blazed the way for Civil Rights. This 90-minute feature documentary tells the story of the first all-Black fighter squadron that escorted bombers into the European theater during World War II. Named for the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama where they trained, the Tuskegee Airmen were instrumental in bringing about the 1948 Presidential Order that desegregated the armed forces. The documentary includes vintage footage, photographs, reenactments and first-hand accounts from surviving members of the 332 Fighter Group and the 477 Bomber Group. (Source: Silver Wings & Civil Rights: The Fight to Fly | www.fight2fly.com).
For more information about Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium or the City of Chattanooga Department of Education, Arts & Culture, contact Melissa Turner 423 425-7826 or email turner_m@chattanooga.gov.
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