Brad Lichtenstein’s “As Goes Janesville” tells the story of Janesville, Wisconsin, home of U.S. Congressman and GOP vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan (R-Wis.). The documentary follows three years in the lives of working people, business leaders and elected officials in one American town trying to reinvent itsself amid America’s worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. For more information on the film, see http://kartemquin.com/films/as-goes-janesville
“Coffee and Conversation” is FREE and open to the public. A community discussion in UNL’s Van Brunt Visitors Center follows the screening. The films are shown in partnership with ITVS Community Cinema, Lincoln community radio station KZUM (89.3 FM), the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center and the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.
