Beloved
Featuring a post-film conversation with guests from the Huntington's production of The Bluest Eye, an adaptation of Pulitzer and Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison’s acclaimed debut novel.
The only time Morrison authorized a film adaptation of one of her books was with Beloved, which she allowed Oprah Winfrey to option on 1987. 11 years later, Winfrey was finally able to bring it to the screen, with the added support of director Jonathan Demme. Winfrey stars as Sethe, a former slave confronted by the secrets that have haunted her for years. When an an old friend (Danny Glover) unexpectedly reenters her life, Sethe begins to slowly rediscover who she is—until a mysterious young woman (Thandie Newton) appears on their doorstep one day.
Click here for more information and to get tickets for The Bluest Eye, which runs from January 28, 2022 through February 27 at the Huntington Avenue Theatre.
