Listen up, all you Sci-Fi junkies, we have news!
Remember that 1997 movie Gattaca, about a myopic guy in a genetically-enhanced future whose lifelong dream is to be an astronaut on the first manned mission to Saturn? Being near-sighted, he has no chance of being selected, of course ... until he assumes the identity of someone crippled in an accident. Someone with perfect vision and perfect genes, whose hair and skin and urine he uses to pass a myriad of gene tests, until -- spoiler alert! -- he loses one of his own eyelashes at a murder scene. And then the fun begins.
Well, this is more than a Sci-Fi thriller starring Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman and Jude Law (although that's enough). It's really a movie about racism. Who knew?Gattaca will be shown as part of the Racine Public Library's "Coming Together Racine" series of movie screenings and discussions about racism and race relations, on Wednesday, Dec. 5, at 6 p.m. The screening at the library is free and no registration is necessary. Questions may be directed to the library at 262-636-9217.
A member of Coming Together Racine will facilitate a discussion after the screening. Participants are encouraged to bring a brown bag supper. The series is cosponsored by Coming Together Racine and the Racine Public Library and is funded by the library's Alma Boernke Endowment Fund.
Coming Together Racine is a non-profit organization working to:
-- Promote racial harmony in the community;
-- Educate community members on racism and its effects on
people and the community; and
-- Bring people together to foster awareness and appreciation
of people of all cultures.
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