Writer, director, and producer Jennifer Arnold will screen the documentary film A Small Act on Tuesday, February 22, at 5:30 p.m. in Garrison Theater at Scripps College’s Performing Arts Center. The event is free and open to the public.
Arnold graduated from UCLA and University of Nairobi with a BA in African history and returned to UCLA for an MFA in film. Her award-winning film, Maid of Honor, screened at Sundance before airing on HBO, Cinemax, and Film 4.
Arnold’s latest work, A Small Act, is on Roger Ebert’s Top Ten Documentaries list for 2010. Described as “heartwarming,” A Small Act bears witness to the ripple effect a single action can create. For more information about the film, visit http://www.asmallact.com. Arnold will be present for the post-screening Q & A.
The Scripps College Humanities Institute spring 2011 program is “The Future of Higher Education: Gender, Geography, and the Humanities.” How can we address common goals of education towards global competency, leadership abilities, and critical thinking? The seminars explore these and other questions with educators, administrators, and activists in diverse fields through their lecture, film, and performance series. For more information, please contact the Humanities Institute at (909) 621-8237 or visit their website at scripps-staging.skybox0.com/hi.