Posted on Thursday, February 25th, 2021 by Chris Evangelista
What if the Underground Railroad wasn’t a metaphor but an actual, physical railroad, complete with engineers, conductors, and secret tracks? That’s the premise of Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel
The Underground Railroad, and the premise of the new Amazon series that adapts it.
Moonlight filmmaker
Barry Jenkins directs the 10-episode series that looks pretty damn great, and today a new teaser trailer arrived along with the official premiere date.
The Underground Railroad Trailer
The Underground Railroad so far, and they’ve all been stunning. But they’ve also been a bit abstract – mostly showcasing the gorgeous visuals along with the equally gorgeous score from Nicholas Britell. This new teaser trailer is a bit more traditional, but it continues to suggest that the new Amazon series from Barry Jenkins is going to be an absolute must-see.
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Belfast, Maine Waldo Reads Together is hosting two upcoming online events in partnership with the University of Maine Hutchinson Center, in support of Waldo County’s first one book project. Registration is now open for “Using Technology to Document Racial Violence: On Finding History We Don t Want to Remember” on Feb. 25 from 5–6:30 p.m. and “The Nickel Boys, Historical Context and Contemporary Applications” on Mar. 11 from 6–7:30 p.m.
These two events, which serve to further conversations around Waldo Reads Together’s 2021 book selection, Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Nickel Boys, will be held via Zoom. There is no cost to participate though advance registration is required. The programs will be recorded and made available online with captions. More information is available on Aging Well in Waldo County’s website.
Waldo Reads Together offers two online events in February, March
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Waldo Reads Together is hosting two upcoming online events in partnership with the University of Maine Hutchinson Center, in support of Waldo County’s first book project.
Registration is now open for “Using Technology to Document Racial Violence: On Finding History We Don t Want to Remember.” on Thursday, Feb. 25, from 5 – 6:30 p.m.; and “The Nickel Boys, Historical Context and Contemporary Applications,” on Thursday, Mar. 11, from 6 – 7:30 p.m.
These two events, which serve to further conversations around Waldo Reads Together’s 2021 book selection, Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel,
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Our meetings will be online for the winter. We will reassess in the spring, when we hope virus cases will be falling and more people will be vaccinated. This same zoom link should work for all the book club meetings. Please invite your friends who may be staying inside, and remind fellow book club regulars to meet on Zoom.
Upcoming titles:
April: The Given Day by Dennis Lehane
May: Haverner Sisters by Ardeana Hamlin
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Now that everyone has had a chance to pick their first bingo prize, for
each of first five bingo rows completed, you can pick something from our stash of wellness prizes. There are chocolates, mugs, books, and more!
The Underground Railroad is based on Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel in which the concept of the Underground Railroad is made literal. Here’s the publisher’s summary:
Cora is a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. Life is hell for all the slaves, but especially bad for Cora; an outcast even among her fellow Africans, she is coming into womanhood where even greater pain awaits. When Caesar, a recent arrival from Virginia, tells her about the Underground Railroad, they decide to take a terrifying risk and escape. Matters do not go as planned Cora kills a young white boy who tries to capture her. Though they manage to find a station and head north, they are being hunted.