When My Time Comes

Film Screening & Discussion with Diane Rehm

Thu. 10/22 | 5:30 PM

After the death of her beloved husband John Rehm, Peabody-award winner Diane Rehm began to examine the option of medical aid in dying.

This documentary feature offers a moving and informative examination of the right to die movement and the facts and the misinformation surrounding this controversial practice

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Supported by New Dominion Bookshop, The UVA Bookstore, and Virginia Festival of the Book; When My Time Comes is part of the Spotlight on Virginia Filmmaking presented by Virginia Film Office.

A Conversation on SHOWTIME’S The Good Lord Bird

Sun. 10/25 | 9 AM

Actor, writer, director and four-time Academy Award nominee Ethan Hawke will be joined by award-winning author James McBride for a conversation around The Good Lord Bird, the new Showtime series based on McBride’s book, in which Hawke portrays abolitionist John Brown.

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Presented by Virginia Film Office; Supported by New Dominion Bookshop, The UVA Bookstore, and the Virginia Festival of the Book