Events
2024 Events
2025 was a planning year
2024 Events
The Foundation collaborated with two of our nation's Presidential libraries to examine the historical impact of the Presidency and how film and television portrayals have influenced perceptions of the Oval Office and chronicled the power of Presidents from the founding of the Republic in 1789 to the current era.
The Foundation produced a documentary film entitled
In partnership with the National Archives Libraries & Museums
this film premiered in the Fall of 2024 at these events:
SCREENING AND DISCUSSION
October 9th @ 6:30 PM ET
Gerald Ford Presidential Museum
Grand Rapids, Michigan
SCREENING ONLY
October 17th @ 6:30 PM ET
Gerald Ford Presidential Library
Ann Arbor, Michigan
(on the campus of the University of Michigan)
SCREENING AND DISCUSSION
October 18th @ 6:30 PM ET
The Carter Center
Atlanta, Georgia
sponsored by the Jimmy Carter Presidential Museum & Library
The American Presidency on Screen
Past Events
2021-2023
These were Covid years, and the Foundation did not actively pursue programming
Completed
Thursday, February 25, 2021
Saturday, February 1, 2020
Completed
Tuesday, November 10, 2020
Event details
At Jacksonville University, a special tribute to baseball legend Jackie Robinson was part of the University's celebration of Black History Month. The film "42" - The Story of Jackie Robinson - was shown at the John Sessions Baseball Stadium on campus. More information about the University's activities:
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Jacksonville University
BLACK HISTORY MONTH
MOVIE
42 The Story of Jackie Robinson
DATE
February 25, 2021
Film Showtime 7:00 PM ET
LOCATION
John Sessions Baseball Stadium
Jacksonville University campus
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University of Southern California
80 Years on Film - CAMPAIGNS, ELECTIONS & POPULISM- 1940 to 2020
MOVIE
A VIDEO MONTAGE OF POLITICAL FILM CLIPS
DATE
November 10
2020
Film Showtime
12 Noon to 2 PM PT
Panel Discussion
LOCATION
This is an online, live streaming event.
Sponsored by:
At the University of Southern California a panel of political experts and movie industry insiders led a discussion about political election campaigns through the prism of Hollywood.
A special composite/montage of film clips drawn from feature films from the 1940s to 2020 gave the panelists and the audience a sense of how the art and science of running for elective office has evolved from the wartime years of Franklin Delano Roosevelt to today's hyper-partisan political landscape.
This special event was sponsored by USC's Dornsife Center for the Political Future, led by 2 of America's leading political experts, Director Bob Shrum and Co-Director Mike Murphy, and the Center's Executive Director, Kamy Akhavan.
At the University of South Carolina the focus was on Presidential elections and civil rights in America.
The George Clooney-produced movie, The Ides of March (Clooney was also Director and screenwriter), about a Presidential campaign by an incumbent Governor, was shown at the University's Columbia SC campus.
A panel discussion with the audience immediately followed the screening of The Ides of March.
The second movie screened was Loving, based on the true story of Richard and Mildred Loving, a white man and black woman in Virginia who married one another despite the fact that marriage between different races was a criminal offense in the state at that time. This formed the basis upon which the U.S. Supreme Court later invalidated all state laws that prohibited interracial marriage in the landmark case of Loving v. Virginia, 388 U.S.1 (1967).