Special Presentation

THE WITNESS
Written & Performed by Lee Weaver
Presented in conjunction with the exhibition The Civil Rights Movement Revisted


Friday, April 8, 2016 from 6:00 - 8:30 p.m.


The Witness is a fictional love story presented within the context of real events that were central to the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s - such as events surrounding Rosa Parks, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Medgar Evers, and the Monson Motor Lodge swimming pool confrontation in St. Augustine, among many others. This story is told from the perspective of Beauregard Stuart Lee ("Bo") a 69 year old self-professed former racist, born and raised in St. Augustine, Florida. In this presentation, Lee Weaver (as "Bo" ) directs his explanations and pleadings to freelance writer and documentary film maker M. J. Townes (off stage) played by Weaver's wife, Nanette. Set against one hundred large-screen projected photos of actual events, Bo shares his journey from ignorant Southern racist to a man willing to confront not only his own racism, but the America he hopes to change.







Includes a 15 minute intermission with light refreshments.
A Q&A with Lee Weaver will follow the presentation.

Admission by donation. No reservations required.

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This event will occur in the Southeast Museum of Photography's Madorsky Theater (Hosseini Center, building 1200 of the main Daytona State College campus).
MUSEUM HOURS
OPEN - Tues, Thurs, Fri: 11-5 pm; Wed: 11-7 pm; Sat: 1-5 pm

CLOSED - Sundays & Mondays and for the following dates:
Daytona 500 Weekend, Daytona State College Spring Break, July 3-4, Thanksgiving Weekend, August 1-17, December 19-January 12.
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MUSEUM LOCATION
Unless noted otherwise, all museum exhibitions, events and films are presented at the Southeast Museum of Photography which is located on the Daytona Beach campus of Daytona State College at 1200 International Speedway Blvd, three miles east of I-95.

The museum is located in the Mori Hosseini Center (Bld. 1200). Visitor parking is available. Gallery admission is free. For detailed exhibition and program information visit www.smponline.org or call the museum information hotline at (386) 506-4475.

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Southeast Museum of Photography
  
A Service of Daytona State College
  
1200 W. International Speedway Blvd.
Daytona Beach, FL 32114
  
(386)506-4475