Please join us on Wednesday, April 25, at 7 p.m., as we celebrate National Poetry Month with Marathon, a film with local connections featuring familiar settings and faces. Richard Harteis, the filmmaker and one of the central characters, will be present to introduce the film and answer your questions.
Marathon explores the relationship between Richard Harteis and William Meredith, a former Poet Laureate and winner of every major American award for poetry including the 1988 Pulitzer Prize. In the 17th year of their friendship, William sustained a debilitating stroke. Richard chose to stand by his partner, fighting for the right to care for him, despite the inevitable restrictions on his own life, and against the wishes of William's family. Though the path they chose is not an easy one, their love and compassion see them through days of illness, therapy and healing. The power to overcome illness with dignity becomes a lesson in physical and spiritual endurance.
The film was an official selection in several festivals and the winner of several awards at the New York International Film Festival.
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Free and open to the public. No registration is required.