Multimedia lecture & film screening
RAGTIME
Sunday, March 16th at 2 PM
with pre-film multimedia presentation by Caroline Doctorow, daughter of Ragtime
author E.L. Doctorow, in person
From two-time Oscar winning director Miloš Forman, and based on the novel by E.L. Doctorow, Ragtime
weaves an epic tale of early 1900s America. From the suburb of New Rochelle to
the flashy spectacle of Atlantic City, a family faces racial tensions, scandal
and violence that will test everything they believe in. Featuring an all-star
cast, including James Cagney in his final role, Donald O’Connor, Mandy
Patinkin, Mary Steenburgen, Debbie Allen, Elizabeth McGovern, Moses
Gunn, Pat O’Brien, Jeff Daniels, and Samuel L. Jackson, and an unforgettable music score by Randy Newman. (1981, 155 mins)
Singer-songwriter Caroline
Doctorow has been called a great champion of American folk music. Her most
recent album Dreaming in Vinyl reached #2 on the national folk radio airplay
charts. She received The Alexander Award from the Long Island Arts Council in
2018, and an official New York State Proclamation honoring her many years of
work as a folksinger. In addition to eleven solo albums, she released the first
retrospective of the work of '60s folk icons Richard and Mimi Fariña titled
Another Country which received critical acclaim. She has opened for The Band,
Alison Krauss, and Tim O'Brien, among others. Her songs and her voice have been
heard on soundtracks on the large and small screen. She is the daughter of
the late world-renowned author E.L. Doctorow
