Enjoy three short films and commentary from best-selling author Laura Carney, filmmaker Curtis Chin, and Zelda Lockhart, author of Trinity at 6:30 pm, Tuesday, October 21, at the Greensboro History Museum, 130 Summit Ave. Carney, author of this year’s One City, One Book selection, My Father’s List: How Living My Dad’s Dreams Set Me Free, shares her journey with a short film by Erin Everson.
We will also screen PBS’s Warren King: King of Cardboard by filmmaker Curtis Chin and a short film about Zelda Lockhart, her work in Africa and generational healing. A discussion with the panelists will follow the films.
The subject of Curtis Chin’s film, Asian American Warren King builds life-size sculptures of impressive realism armed solely with cardboard and glue. Chin is also the author of Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant, offering a poignant and humorous look at growing up in Detroit in the 1980s as a gay Chinese American kid—where the family restaurant served as both sanctuary and battleground.
Zelda Lockhart is a current Fulbright Specialist engaging in cross-cultural story projects for generational healing in the U.S. and abroad. She holds a PhD in Expressive Art Therapies, an MA in Literature, and a certificate in writing, directing and editing from the NY Film Academy. Her work as an author and expressive arts consultant and educator centers on the power of story and nature to connect us across barriers and to heal our generations.
Laura Carney’s One City, One Book Greensboro Residency began October 7 and the author will be leading events through October 23, 2025. Her book, My Father’s List, is the story of how one woman—with the help of family, friends, and even strangers—found the courage to go after her own dreams after realizing those of her free-spirited father.
One City, One Book is funded by the Greensboro Public Library Foundation. The Foundation provides resources beyond public funds to enhance the facilities, programming, technology, book collections, and other materials of the Library. For more information about Library events and resources visit: www.greensborolibrary.org.
