Browning Cinema
ANDkids World Film Festival
Directed by Joanne Hock
Approximately Ages 9+, 72 minutes, DCP
African American youth challenge stereotypes and barriers in this documentary, shadowing six talented high-school students on an emotionally powerful, three-year journey of transformation in a racially biased city. With access to arts and academic mentors, and especially under the leadership of theater teacher and director Corey Mitchell, they are chosen to be the first high school permitted to perform The Color Purple—the Broadway musical adaptation of Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Arts education and the student's perseverance become pathways out of poverty, homelessness, and gang-related violence. Purple Dreams bears witness to the need for equitable and culturally relevant arts education, especially in underserved communities.
This is a free but ticketed event. To guarantee your seat, please pick up your tickets at least 15 minutes prior to the show, at which point your unclaimed tickets may be used to seat patrons waiting on standby. Tickets will be available for pick-up at the Ticket Office beginning one hour prior to the performance.
Co-presented by the Lauran E. and Justin L. Tuck Endowment for Children's Programming.
Event Dates
Thursday, August 7, 2025 - 3:00 PM
