In recognition of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Westport Country Playhouse will present a free-of-charge screening of the 2019 Emmy Award-winning documentary film, “True Justice: Bryan Stevenson’s Fight for Equality,” on Monday, January 19, at 7 p.m. The event is part of the 20th Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration in partnership with The Westport Library, TEAM Westport, Westport Country Playhouse, Westport Museum for History and Culture, and Westport/Weston Clergy Association.
The film won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Social Issue Documentary, and is the winner of the National Association for Multi-ethnicity in Communications’ 26th Annual Vision Award and a Peabody Award.
After the screening, the audience is invited to stay for a chat with one of the film’s executive producers, Trey Ellis of Westport, and host Harold Bailey, Jr., Westport Country Playhouse trustee and TEAM Westport chair, followed by an audience Q&A.