Afrofuturism Film Series: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Celebrating Black History Month

Join us for this series of Afrofuturist films to celebrate Black History Month at Gaithersburg Library

Montgomery County Public Libraries is celebrating Black History Month by featuring a series of films around the concept of Afrofuturism. Afrofuturism incorporates Black culture and history into storytelling and art around futuristic concepts or the science fiction genre.

This series will culminate in a conversation with award winning writer Sheree Renée Thomas.  Details on the event can be found here: Contemporary Conversations

Plot Description

Teen Miles Morales becomes the Spider-Man of his universe and must join with five spider-powered individuals from other dimensions to stop a threat for all realities in the ACademy Award winning animated film. 

Rated PG

Running Time:1 hour and 57 minutes 

Accommodation Requests

People who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing should request English-language captioning or sign-language interpretation at least five days before the library-sponsored program they plan to attend. Contact the Assistant Facilities and Accessibility Program Manager at 240-777-0002 with all other accommodation requests.

WRKFRC 2.1 01/06/2022

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