Speed Cinema Screenings: 2023 Flyover Film Festival: The Playmaker 7/30/23 12:30PM

The story of Paul Green will capture you. This native son of North Carolina went to Broadway and back with a dream. That someday he could write a new ending for the Old South. Can a play create justice? Can an actor perform change?

This documentary takes a deep dive into how Green’s controversial plays made waves in the areas of integration, capital punishment, and chain gang reform in 1920's North Carolina.2023, U.S., DCP, 77 minutes. Recommended for 16+.

Cinema + With a post-screening discussion with director Hannah Bowman.