BIRMINGHAM AL-The Southern Museum of Flight announces Movie
Night, a free monthly event featuring an aviation-themed movie every fourth
Friday of the month at 7pm. This January
25th it features local filmmaker June Morgan Mack's documentary "Lest We Forget: A French Village Recalls 1944." The film premiered last Veteran's Day at UAB
and tells the true story of the journey of the Robert Morgan Family of
Springville, Alabama in response to an invitation to be honored by the small
French village of Vibraye.
For 68 years the French village has remembered a young pilot who died in their midst on a Sunday afternoon. Though unidentified, he became their symbol of freedom and escape from occupation, and to this day, they have never forgotten. Film Producer-Director-Editor, June Mack, a UAB faculty member, will be at the Southern Museum of Flight with her mother, Marianne Smith Morgan, sister to the pilot, Captain Malcolm A. Smith, 395th Fighter Squadron, 368th Fighter Group. A brief question-and-answer session with Marianne and June will follow the movie.
The one-hour documentary will begin at 7pm in the South Wing of the Southern Museum of Flight located at 4343 73rd Street North. Doors to the museum will open to the public at 6pm, seating is limited and not guaranteed to latecomers. Since no admittance is required, donations are encouraged to help support the museum and their education outreach initiatives. Next month the museum will feature "The Tuskegee Airmen" in celebration of Black History Month. For a full list of movies shown go to http://southernmuseumofflight.org/latest-news-2/
FMI: Elizabeth Grady, Museum Events Manager, Elizabeth.grady@birminghamal.gov, 205.833.8226