THREE MOVIE SHOWINGS:
- 5:00 PM, Saturday, May 29
- 5:00 PM, Sunday, May 30
- 3:00 PM, Monday, May 31
50 YEARS AGO, ONE MAN CHANGED THE WORLD FOREVER
On September 10, 1960, a previously-unknown Ethiopian runner named ABEBE BIKILA won the Olympic Marathon in Rome, Italy.
For the first time ever in the Washington DC area, you can watch the new documentary Green Flood, directed by Samson Negash Ghanna, and learn the inside story of the success of Ethiopian runners from Abebe Bikila to Miruts Yifter to Haile Gebrselassie today.
Saturday, May 29, at 5:00 PM | Guests of Honor:
San Francisco-based sports historian Tony Marelich
Ulf Niskanen, son of Abebe Bikila's coach Onni Niskanen
Only at this showing, Tony Marelich will screen his short film about his trip to Jato, the birthplace of Abebe Bikila
Sunday, May 30, at 5:00 PM
Monday, May 31, at 3:00 PM
Virginia Cottage Restaurant (formerly Lalibela)
3111 Columbia Pike
Arlington, VA 22204-4303
(703-920-9500)
