Movie Night and Discussion: With All Deliberate Speed

Movie Night & Discussion:

With All Deliberate Speed

On Thursday, April 25th at 7:00 p.m., as part of Historic Sotterley’s ongoing Building Bridges to Common Ground initiative, all are welcome to view the film, With All Deliberate Speed, a story told by those students and teachers who experienced the desegregation process of Great Mills High School in St. Mary’s County from 1958-1972. Merideth Taylor, the film’s writer, director and producer, will lead the discussion after the film with those who lived this experience.

Merideth Taylor has been a devoted member of the Historic Sotterley for many years. She served on the Board of Trustees from 2007-2017 and received the designation of Sotterley Fellow in 2018. Currently, she serves on both the Education and Interpretation Committees. Ms. Taylor played significant roles as the project director for two of our most important re-interpretation projects at Historic Sotterley: the IMLS grant and the first permanent exhibit of Land, Lives, and Labor. She continues to provide valuable follow-on support.

Most recently, Merideth Taylor was a professor of theatre and dance at St. Mary’s College of Maryland. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Evergreen State University in Olympia, Washington in 1976, then received her MFA equivalency from Southern Illinois University in 1980.  Before coming to St. Mary’s in 1990 she taught dance and theater at Southern Illinois University, University of Denver, Indiana University, and Webster University. At St. Mary’s College, she has been a member of the campus’s College Race Relations Study Circle, the Faculty Issues Committee, and the Martin Luther King Day Planning Committee, as well as the chair of the Theatre, Film, and Media Studies department between 2007 and 2010. While on sabbatical between 2003 and 2004, she worked with staff and three different groups of students at Great Mills High School on a year-long oral history/theatre project which uncovered the story of the desegregation of Great Mills High School.  The project culminated in a public performance of original, collaboratively written work in celebration of the 50^th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education decision.

FREE to the public event.

Advance registration requested, due to limited seating.

Please call 301-373-2280.