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Movie Showing: Green Flood -- September 11, 2010

Sat September 11, 2010 Washington, DC 20016 US Directions

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3612 Woodley Road NW
Washington, DC US 20016

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TWO MOVIE SHOWINGS:
  • 1:15 PM, Saturday, September 11
  • 3:15 PM, Saturday, September 11
50 YEARS AGO, ONE MAN CHANGED THE WORLD FOREVER On September 10, 1960, a previously-unknown Ethiopian runner named ABEBE BIKILA won the Olympic Marathon in Rome, Italy. For the first time ever in the Washington DC area, you can watch the new documentary Green Flood, directed by Samson Negash Ghanna, and learn the inside story of the success of Ethiopian runners from Abebe Bikila to Miruts Yifter to Haile Gebrselassie today. Saturday, May 29, at 5:00 PM | Guests of Honor: San Francisco-based sports historian Tony Marelich Ulf Niskanen, son of Abebe Bikila's coach Onni Niskanen Only at this showing, Tony Marelich will screen his short film about his trip to Jato, the birthplace of Abebe Bikila Sunday, May 30, at 5:00 PM Monday, May 31, at 3:00 PM Virginia Cottage Restaurant (formerly Lalibela) 3111 Columbia Pike Arlington, VA 22204-4303 (703-920-9500)

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