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Friday, October 5 - Voorhees Hall #105 at 7:00pm Let Mercy Come - Andrew Serban (New York, NY) A young woman is forced to take a stand when her white supremacist cohorts attempt to commit a hate crime against a Syrian refugee. In the process, she learns the meaning of tolerance and acceptance. 2018; 23 min. PATIRI in the promised land - Page Cooper Anderson and Dana Maris- sa Schoenfeld (New York, NY) A young immigrant from Zimbabwe be- friends a bookstore owner, in hopes of forming an alliance that could help her remain in her country of choice. 2018; 25 min. With Q+A JFK The Last Speech - Bestor Cram (Boston, MA) Film movingly docu- ments the bond between President John F. Kennedy and the poet Rob- ert Frost—as well as a surprising encounter with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev at the height of the Cold War. Born out of these events was the last, remarkable speech that Kennedy gave, a speech about po- etry and power, which altered the lives of a group of Amherst College classmates, who witnessed Kennedy deliver the speech on their cam- pus. 2018; 58 min. With a Q+A Session by Director Bestor Cram Watch the trailer for JFK The Final Speech NJ STAGE - ISSUE 51 INDEX NEXT ARTICLE 47