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CLIFTON FORGE, Va. (VR) – In celebration of Black History month in February, The Historic Masonic Theatre will be offering two free movies. The Tuskegee Airmen is scheduled at Sunday, February 2 at 3:00 pm. A semi-fictionalized account of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first all-African-American Air Force squadron during World War II, the film centers on ambitious young pilot Hannibal Lee (Laurence Fishburne). Despite initial reticence by higher ranking white officers, Lee, along with Walter Peoples (Allen Payne), Leroy Cappy (Malcolm-Jamal Warner), and others, are deployed into combat. As the successful missions’ mount, the Tuskegee Airmen develop a reputation as an able, fearsome group of pilots. The Tuskegee
Airmen was released in 1995.
On Sunday, February 23 at 3:00 pm, The Gabby Douglas Story will be shown. A prodigy from a very young age, Gabby Douglas originally made her mark on the world of competitive gymnastics at age eight. She won numerous state championship titles in her age group throughout her early competitive career. While her star was fast rising in the arena, Gabby and her family faced economic challenges at home and she made the difficult decision to leave her mother Natalie, three siblings and grandmother in Virginia Beach and move to Des Moines, Iowa, to train with renowned coach Liang Chow to pursue her dream of Olympic glory. Buoyed by her early success, dedication and unyielding love from her family, Gabby made it onto the 2012 U.S. Women’s Gymnastics team. She faced intense competition in the London Games. Her sacrifice and perseverance were triumphantly rewarded with Team Competition and Individual All-round gold medals, placing Gabby and her teammates – known as “The Fierce Five” — among the world’s all-time greats in gymnastics. The Gabby Douglas Story was released in 2014.
For more information regarding events at The Historic Masonic Theatre, please visit www.historicmasonictheatre.com or the Theatre Facebook page.
