Gentleman’s Agreement Screens in Seattle with Cecilia Peck
TALK | GENTLEMAN’S AGREEMENT REVISITED: CECILIA PECK
Sunday May 20, 2018 @ 4:00PM
(Doors 3:30 pm | General admission)
Stroum Jewish Community Center Mercer Island, WA
Cecilia Peck, daughter of Academy Award-winning actor Gregory Peck and star of the film GENTLEMAN’S AGREEMENT, shares her father’s personal story making the film and his social justice efforts fighting antisemitism. Historian Claudine Stevens analyzes the impact of novelist Laura Z. Hobson’s groundbreaking book and film adaptation, and how it paved the way for hard-hitting films to follow.