Film "Ragtime" to be screened, February 7, 2014

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Still from the film "Ragtime" based on the novel by E. L. Doctorow

ALBANY, NY (01/23/2014)(readMedia)-- RAGTIME (United States, 1981, 155 minutes, color, directed by Milos Forman) will be shown on Friday, February 7, 2014 at 7:30 p.m. in Page Hall, 135 Western Avenue, on the University at Albany's downtown campus. Sponsored by the New York State Writers Institute as part of its Classic Film Series, the screening is free and open to the public.

RAGTIME, starring Howard E. Rollins Jr., Elizabeth McGovern, James Cagney, and Norman Mailer, is based on E. L. Doctorow's best-selling novel of sprawling plot lines, and fictional characters and historical figures whose lives intersect in New York City during the early 1900s. For the film version director Milos Forman chose to focus on the story of Coalhouse Walker, Jr., a black piano player who seeks justice for an incident involving a group of racists. The film was nominated for eight Oscars and seven Golden Globe awards.

E. L. Doctorow, author of the novel on which the film is based, will appear at the Writers Institute on February 27 at 8 p.m. in Page Hall, 135 Western Avenue, on UAlbany's downtown campus.

For additional information contact the Writers Institute at 518-442-5620 or online at http://www.albany.edu/writers-inst.

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