The next film showing at Corrie Film Club on Sunday November 14th is Green Book, at 7.30 pm (USA 2018. Peter Farrelly. 130 mins Cert PG)
When an Italian-American bouncer from the Bronx is hired to drive a world – class pianist on a concert tour to the Deep South, the Green Book tells them which establishments will admit Afro – Americans. A feelgood drama which negotiates the subjects of class and race, through the developing friendship of two men as they put aside their initial differences.
Dr Don Shirley (Mahershala Ali) is a world-class African-American pianist who’s about to embark on a concert tour in the Deep South in 1962. In need of a driver and protection, Shirley recruits Tony Lip (Viggo Mortensen), a tough-talking bouncer from an Italian-American neighbourhood in the Bronx. Armed with The Green Book, a guide to hotels and restaurants hospitable to black people, they set off on their journey and despite their differences, the two men soon develop an unexpected bond while confronting racism and danger in an era of segregation.
