Jan 11 2017
FIlm and Discussion: What the Hell Is the Presidency For?

FIlm and Discussion: What the Hell Is the Presidency For?

Presented by The Contemporary Austin and LBJ Presidential Library at The Contemporary Austin - Jones Center

Join us for an evening of film and conversation inspired by Jim Hodges’s installation With Liberty and Justice for All (A Work in Progress). A screening of the 2016 documentary What the Hell Is the Presidency For?: LBJ’s Battle for Civil Rights considers the legacies of Lyndon Johnson and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and how the important civil rights legislation of the 1960s still affects Americans today.

Following the film, Mark K. Updegrove, Director of the LBJ Presidential Library, offers thoughts on LBJ’s presidency and social justice issues that continue to resonate today.

Co-presented by the LBJ Presidential Library.

Admission Info

FREE

Phone: 5124535312

Dates & Times

2017/01/11 - 2017/01/11

Additional time info:

Doors open at 6pm. Film will begin at 7pm. Following the film will be a discussion with the Director of the LBJ Presidential Library.

Location Info

The Contemporary Austin - Jones Center

700, Austin, TX 78701