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SUMMARY:FORD HALL FORUM: An Actor and A Gentleman, Louis Gossett, Jr.
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Event Name: FORD HALL FORUM: An Actor and A Gentleman, Louis Gossett, Jr.=0D=0AEvent Url: http://www.artsboston.org/event/detail/440861297=0D=0AEvent Date Begin: 2010-11-08=0D=0AEvent Date End: 2010-11-08=0D=0A=0D=0ASpecial Monday Evening Discussion -  An Actor and a Gentleman” w/ Louis Gossett Jr.; moderator Phyllis Karas (Gossett's co-author)   Monday, November 8, 6:30pm-8 pm [includes book signing] Rabb Auditorium, Boston Public Library  Louis Gossett Jr. is one of the most respected African American stage and screen actors, who rose to fame with his Emmy-winning role in the television miniseries Roots and Oscar-winning performance in An Officer and a Gentleman.  Now he tells the story of his fifty-plus years in the entertainment world — from his early success on the New York stage appearing with Ruby Dee and Sidney Poitier in A Raisin in the Sun, through his long Hollywood career working alongside countless stars. He writes frankly of his struggle to get leading roles and fair pay as a black man in Hollywood, his problems with drugs and alcohol that took years to overcome, and his current work to eradicate racism and violence and give our children a better future.   Presented in Collaboration with the Boston Public Library.=0D=0A=0D=0AStart time:6:30pm - 8:00pm
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