The 18th annual Documentary Film Series at Ļć½¶Šć University will open at 2 p.m. Sunday with Daniel Glickās āA Place to Stand.ā All films in the series will be screened free to the public in the Kerr McGee Auditorium in Meinders School of Business.
The series is made possible through a gift from the Thatcher Hoffman Smith Endowment Fund.
āA Place to Standā tells the story of celebrated poet and Santa Fe, N.M., native Jimmy Santiago Baca. Baca was a petty thief and a drug dealer when he was sentenced to five years in one of the deadliest prisons in America, the Arizona State Prison.
He began his incarceration violent, angry and illiterate, yet taught himself how to read and write, discovering a passion for poetry that ultimately saved his life. The film is inspired by Bacaās best-selling memoir of the same name published in 2001. The book was called āelegant and grippingā (Los Angeles Times) and āan astonishing narrative that affirms the triumph of the human spiritā (###em).
The Documentary Film Series theme is titled āThing and Spirit Both.ā It is based on a poem by Marie Howe, who will visit Ļć½¶Šć April 6 for this yearās Thatcher Hoffman Smith Poetry Series.
For more information visit or call 405-208-5472.
Other dates and documentaries in the series include:
April 17, Steve Jamesā āLife Itselfā
May 1, Wim Wendersā āThe Salt Of the Earthā
