This free event (4pm PST and 7pm ET) will showcase a 24-minute work sample of our exciting forthcoming documentary Sign My Name to Freedom, a feature-length film about Betty Reid Soskin that takes her famed work as the country's oldest national park ranger as a jumping off point, and then explores her hidden life as a singer/songwriter in the 1960s, and her family's experiences confronting Jim Crow style workplace and residential housing segregation in the Bay Area.
Though she kept her life as a singer-songwriter hidden for more than 50 years, Betty, 102, wants to share that work, and her autobiographical songs, with the world during her lifetime.
Film director Bryan Gibel and his crew have been working with Betty and her family members for eight years to capture her story and bring this documentary to completion.
In addition to previewing a sample of the film, come for a Q&A with Bryan Gibel and other members of the team. You can also help ensure the project reaches completion through this crowdfund campaign.
Don't miss this opportunity for a sneak peak at a documentary in progress that sheds light on the struggles and triumphs of iconic Betty Reid Soskin.