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Film: The Right To Read

The Greatest Civil Rights Issue of Our Time
Saturday, 10/26/2024
2:00 - 5:00
Koret Auditorium
Main Library

100 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
United States

415-557-4400

Literacy is the key to unlock knowledge.  In 2023, the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP), showed that not even half (43%) of fourth graders in the U.S. scored at or above a proficient level in reading. The film, The Right to Read, directed by Jennie Mackenzie and produced by Roco Films explores this issue which can have long term negative implications for children struggling in school and can carry throughout their adult lives.  Please note that this is a film screening only.  

The Right to Read film shares the stories of an NAACP activist, a teacher, and two American families who fight to provide our youngest generation with the most foundational indicator of life-long success: the ability to read.

NR, 71 mins., 2023. Closed captions (CC) in English and Spanish. 

Streamed from Kanopy.

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