Happy to share some wonderful news regarding our film Seats at the Table. This is the film portrait of Andrew Kaufman’s University of Virginia Books Behind Bars class which brings together university students with residents of a juvenile correctional center through the study of Russian literature. Our ultimate hope/mission of this project is to inspire replication of Kaufman’s brilliant educational model so that more of our youth will benefit from this life-changing experience. And we believe that the presentation of Seats at the Table distributed by American Public Television to U.S. public television stations across the country will be the catalyst for creating true and positive impact.

PBS’s World Channel will be providing the film to its 172-member public tv stations across the country for their airing of the film on October 5th and 6th. These stations cover well over 70% of the U.S. population.

To check as to whether your local station will be airing the film and exactly when, please visit this link and enter your zip code: https://www.aptonline.org/wheretowatch

A second piece of wonderful news is that we are delighted to be hosting a webinar with WTTW - Chicago PBS on October 9th at 5pm EST, following a screening of Seats at the Table. It will be moderated by New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie and include myself, Andy Kaufman, former UVa student Kelsey Youngman and former resident Bradley Brewer.  As someone who has been involved with this project since first observing the Books Behind Bars class in 2014, I am so looking forward to hearing the two classmates’ reflections on what this inspiring educational experience meant to them and how it affected their lives.

To RSVP for the webinar: https://ovee.itvs.org/screenings/1mscj

The webinar is free but reservations are required.

As Covid has severely restricted our efforts to generate financial support to sustain our mission, please consider making a charitable donation by visiting this link: https://fiscal.ifp.org/project.cfm/710/Seats-at-the-Table/

And please feel free to share the above info with anyone whom you think might be interested.

Please join us in  a conversation about Seats at the Table on our Facebook Group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/seatsatthetable 

And you can follow us on Instagram and Twitter to stay informed on the continued journey of Seats at the Table"

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/SATTfilm

And for those of you who have provided past support, thank you so much as we would not be in our present position of sharing the Books behind Bars class experience with the wider world without your generous support.

Thanks,

Chris Farina
Rosalia Films

If you would like to make a charitable donation to support our ongoing work, please visit our website page and click on our donation link to our fiscal sponsor.

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