Though I must admit I don't have a photo to mark that.
In fact, the only photos I took at Tybee Post Theatre were of the couple - Sharon and Craig Butts - chosen to host a Q&A session after the movie.
The reason the physicist came was his curiosity about the HBO documentary.
That was part of the reason I was there to see the 2018 "King In The Wilderness".
The other reason I was attracted to the event was its price: free!!!
The film was very well done, incorporating lots of footage from the years it covered, which were 1965 to 1968, when he was killed in Memphis.
There was also some good commentary and memories from folks who knew Martin Luther King, Jr., during that period of his life, though there was some intimation that he foresaw his death.
I was touched most by his 39th birthday at home, surrounded by his family and friends, pledging to them that he would make time with them a priority upon his return from Tennessee.
How blessed they were to have that happy memory of him as their last one.
So, what of the questions asked and answered?
That was a bit of a mess.
Sharon teaches sophomore English at Richmond Hill High School and she wrote questions designed to start a conversation, not to evoke definitive life answers.
The folks there today really had a time trying to stay on topic without white guilt creeping in.
But the movie?
Excellent.
Afterward, the bfe wanted to fried catfish.
Off we went to Papa's for that dish!
Unfortunately, it closed early... so we went to Carey The H on Skidaway Road instead!
It was on the way to my house, so that made it perfect for us.
That's his iced tea just past my crispy french fries in the above photo.
My Brunswick Stew is almost all gone, too!
That's because we were both so hungry that I almost forgot to take a snapshot.
He had stepped out to the loo, so he wasn't there for a photo op.
(smile!)
So good to have seen him again so soon!
We're planning on another dinner-and-documentary evening at month's end.
Sweet!
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Here's the background on the Butts:
they started the first (?) MLKjr parade in Richmond Hill in 2019, shortly after moving there.
That's why the MLKjr Parade Committee at Tybee chose them.
https://www.savannahnow.com/story/news/2014/02/06/rhhs-celebrates-rich-black-history-richmond-hill/13559152007/
I thought I'd mentioned who else was there for the film. Remember Linda, the prim and proper fellow volunteer at the Lucas? She saw me tonight and sat in the row right in front of us so she could chat with me! So, chat we did, with me filling her in on upcoming events this week, like the PULSE opening at the Jepson and the dance at SAA. Maybe I'll see her there, I thought. Well, I did see her at the Jepson on Thursday! And, again, she made a beeline to join me. I really ought to get her phone number... and maybe her last name, too. (smile!)
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