Screening:
Friday, April 28, 2:30 PM (Free!), Charles 1

When it was published in 1997, The Corner was immediately recognized as a rare introduction to real people living in the insular drug world defined by the corner of West Fayette Street and Mount Street in West Baltimore. "An amazingly intimate, detailed work of reporting that makes human and vivid a world that outsiders ordinarily are forced to learn about through statistics, soundbites, and stereotypes," wrote author Nicholas Lemann. Newsweek praised; "One leaves this book with a voyeurs sense of having witnessed lives in depraved and desperate states." The Corner, written by David Simon and Edward Burns, was a New York Times Book Review Notable Book of 1997 and a Booklist Editor's Choice selection for 1997.

The Corner is now a six-part HBO series that was excutive produced by David Simon and directed by Charles Dutton, and has been universally praised. With the support of HBO, we are offering a free screening of Episode 4, which will air on May 7th.

Tidbit:
"You can hold back from the suffering of the world. You have free permission to do so and it is in accordance with your nature. But perhaps this very holding back is the one suffering you could have avoided." -Kafka

Bio:
David Simon, a former Baltimore Sun reporter, wrote the best-selling Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets, which won the Edgar Award. He also helped adapt it into the Emmy-winning NBC television series. David received the Writers Guild of America Award for outstanding script in a television drama. Along with Edward Burns, Simon co-authored The Corner, and subsequently Executive Produced and wrote the HBO series adaptation. David will also be part of the "Writing in 2 Media" discussion at the Maryland Film Festival with fellow Homicide: Life on the Street alum Henry Bromell.