September 6, 2023
Movies on the Grass returns Sept. 10 with 'To Be Takei'
Movies on the Grass is a free event for K-State and the Manhattan community. The free event highlights the annual K-State common read and brings light to social justice issues impacting the world today. A different film will be shown each Sunday from Sept. 10 until Oct. 1. Please bring your own lawn chair or blanket.
There will be speakers at 7 p.m., and the films will start at 7:30 p.m.
On Sept. 10, the featured film will be "To Be Takei." The event will be held in Town Hall of the Leadership Studies Building.
According to The Film Collaborative, "George Takei doesn't shy away from digging into his remarkable career and personal life in Jennifer Kroot's delightful and incisive film To Be Takei. As a child forced into Japanese-American internment camps, the actor-turned-activist reveals the ways that racism affected him well into his early acting career, where he played stereotypical Asian stock characters in film and television shows. Even after landing the iconic role of Hikaru Sulu on Star Trek, Takei's sharp eye, coupled with his wicked sense of humor, continued to challenge the status quo well into the twenty-first century."