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Coffee and A Classic: "Carmen Jones" (1954)
Wednesday, August 13
1:00pm - 3:00pm
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Coffee and A Classic: "Carmen Jones" (1954)
Enjoy a cup of coffee and watch the movie "Carmen Jones," a contemporary version of the Bizet opera, with new lyrics and an African-American cast.
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Lecture HallEnjoy a cup of coffee and watch the movie "Carmen Jones," a contemporary version of the Bizet opera, with new lyrics and an African-American cast.
"This is a familiar archetypal story, which is exactly where its appeal lies. Relocated to a Southern military base, Joe is a soldier about to leave for flying school, planning to marry his longtime sweetheart Cindy Lou before he goes. But free-spirited parachute packer Carmen interferes, when Joe is tasked with delivering her to jail after she gets into a vicious fight with another woman. This begins their stormy romance, and ends with Joe AWOL, the pair on the run in Chicago, and Carmen deserting Joe for professional boxer Husky Miller. Undone by her fickleness, Joe's passion for Carmen has tragic consequences." ~The catalog
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111 minutes (1hour and 45 minutes) in length.
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