IN CELEBRATION OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH
With the screening of The Panola Project by Emmy-award-winning filmmaker Jeremy S. Levine. Following the screening, there will be a talkback with Levine, Rachael DeCruz, the film’s director, and Dorothy Oliver, the film’s subject. The afternoon’s moderator is Shoshana Madmoni-Gerber, associate professor, Communication, Journalism, & Media Department, Suffolk University. Thursday, February 24, 2022 12:30-1:45 pm Live via Zoom Webinar This event is free and open to the public The Panola Project chronicles the journey of the unstoppable Dorothy Oliver to vaccinate her rural, Black town of Panola, Alabama from the convenience store she runs out of a mobile home. Nearly 99% of adults in her town have received the shot in a state with one of the lowest vaccination rates in the country.
“Seeing Dorothy Oliver bring vaccines to her town and persuade people to take them in this short film is extraordinary and beautiful.”
— ATUL GAWANDE, STAFF WRITER AT THE NEW YORKER
“What an extraordinary accomplishment Dorothy.”
— DR. ANTHONY FAUCI
