Sunday, November 8  8 p.m.
TO SIR, WITH LOVE
(1967, USA)
105 minutes
Director: James Clavell
Starring: Sidney Poitier

A cool turn by Sidney Poitier as a teacher in a majority white working-class school in East London. Mark Thackeray is an engineer who takes a teaching post as a stopgap and ends by teaching his students the value of education and self-respect. This portrait of a heroic teacher is made all the better by great 1960s street fashion as well as the title song, “To Sir, with Love,” which reached number one on the U.S. pop chart. Lulu, who performed the song, appears in the film as one of Mark Thackeray’s tough cases. 

**This film screening counts toward the accredited Film Culture Program, so a short discussion will follow.  All are welcome.