When
Friday, November 15, 2019
Doors and Cash Bar open at 7:00 p.m.
Film Screening at 7:30 p.m.
Analysis and conversation will follow.
MacLaren Society: The Straight Story
Join Thomas MacLaren School and film critic Benjamin Burtzos as we slow down to enjoy the touching true story of Alvin Straight and his odyssey across the American heartland.
MacLaren Society events are free and open to the public, for all adults
and Thomas MacLaren School upperclassmen only, please.
Space is limited | Registration is required
Our film critic:
Benjamin Burtzos holds his B.A. in Political Science and English, Film Studies from Colorado College, and his M.A. in Political Science from the University of Toronto. Throughout his years of film study, Mr. Burtzos has written extensively on politics in film, including: masculinity and the fear of technology in Rebel Without A Cause; mob organization and labor unions in On The Waterfront; and recently, on political propaganda in Hollywood combat films such as Black Hawk Down. The Straight Story will be Mr. Burtzos’ fourth MacLaren Society film screening.
At Thomas MacLaren School, we believe that
all human beings can know truth, create beauty, and practice goodness.
The MacLaren Society is dedicated to bringing this pursuit
to the broader Colorado Springs community through the lenses
of the humanities, the sciences, and the arts.