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Into (and Out of) Africa on the Page & Screen

Sun, Jul 10, 2011

The Colgate Bookstore and Hamilton Theater announce the Summer 2011 season of the Hamilton Book & Movie Club, beginning on Thursday, July 28 at 5:30 p.m. The theme of the season is “Out of Africa.”

Into (and Out of) Africa on the Page & Screen

The selected books/movies for the Summer 2011 (July-September) season of the book and movie club sponsored by the Colgatre Bookstore and Hamilton Theater include: 

July 28 – Out of Africa – Autobiography by Isak Dinesen; 1985 film starring Meryl Streep & Robert Redford
Karen Blixen (whose pen name was Isak Dinesen) moved to Kenya in 1914 to marry her cousin and run a coffee plantation.  A lyrical meditation on Blixen’s seventeen years on her plantation, as well as a tribute to some of the people who touched her life there, the story is also a vivid snapshot of African colonial life in the last decades of the British Empire.

August 18 – The African Queen – Novel by C.S. Forester; 1952 film starring Katharine Hepburn & Humphrey Bogart
This classic adventure tale follows the journey of Rose (an English spinster missionary) and Allnut (a disreputable Cockney), who wend their way down a river in Central Africa in a rickety steam launch called The African Queen. The unlikely traveling companions eventually put aside their differences and join in a mission of retaliation against the Germans in the early days of World War I.

September 29 – Invictus – Non-fiction book by John Carlin; 2009 film starring Morgan Freeman & Matt Damon
After being released from prison and winning South Africa's first free election, Nelson Mandela presided over a country still deeply divided by fifty years of apartheid. His ambitious plan: to use South Africa's national rugby team to engage and unite the nation.

Members are encouraged to read the book in advance and then meet on the selected date at the Hamilton Theater to view the film based on that book. Club members have the opportunity to discuss the book and the movie at a dinner in the Colgate Bookstore immediately following the film screening.

The Book & Movie Club offers two subscription plans.  Full Members will receive their own copy of all three books for the season, free admission to the screening of all three films, and dinner during the three after-movie discussions, for a one-time fee of $48/season.  Basic Members receive free admission to the film screenings, and dinner during the after-movie discussion, for a one-time fee of $24/season.

For more information about these options or to join the club, visit www.colgatebookstore.com/bookmovie or call the Bookstore at 228-7480.

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