Do something for Banned Books Week and join ARRAY at our Liberated Lit screening series. This day-long screening series celebrates the work of authors whose banned or contested literature has been adapted for the screen. We’re kicking off our day with the film adaptation of the S.E. Hinton novel, THE OUTSIDERS starring Patrick Swayze, Tom Cruise and Matt Dillon. The story follows a working class teen gang in rural Oklahoma as they navigate the ups and downs of a rivalry with the town’s more affluent gang.

Learn more about the American Library Association’s Banned Books Week initiative at www.ala.org/bbooks.

EVENT SCHEDULE

11:00 AM| Guest Check-in Begins for THE OUTSIDERS
12:00 PM | Feature film presentation begins (Run Time: 1h, 30m)
1:30 PM | Screening Ends

Screenings of BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN and MALCOLM X are also included in the day’s program. Please note: Each film screening will have a separate ticketed entry. Guests must RSVP and possess a ticket for each film in order to attend any of the three film screenings.

MPA Rating:
PG | For language, violence, sex & nudity, drugs, alcohol, smoking

About the Author

Words from S.E. Hinton: “I read constantly, and occasionally take a class at the university not for credit— it’s more fun when you don’t have to take the tests!”

Susan Eloise Hinton was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She has always enjoyed reading but wasn’t satisfied with the literature that was being written for young adults, which influenced her to write novels like The Outsiders. That book, her first novel written while in high school, was published in 1967 by Viking.

Once published, The Outsiders gave her a lot of publicity and fame, and also a lot of pressure. S.E. Hinton was becoming known as “The Voice of the Youth” among other titles. This kind of pressure and publicity resulted in a three year long writer’s block. Her boyfriend (and now, her husband), who had gotten sick of her being depressed all the time, eventually broke this block. He made her write two pages a day if she wanted to go anywhere. This eventually led to That Was Then, This Is Now, published in 1971. Other notable novels written by Ms. Hinton includes Rumble Fish and Tex. (Source: Official Site)