A Towering Task - A Northern Ohio Returned Peace Corps Volunteer event

Date and Time for this Past Event

• Saturday, Jun 17, 2023  1pm

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How have more than 200,00 American volunteers collaborated directly with everyday people around the globe in the name of peace? Find out in the film A Towering Task, an award-winning documentary on the history of the Peace Corps. NORVA (Northern Ohio Returned Volunteer Association) presents a free screening at 1 pm on Saturday, June 17, at the main branch of the Akron-Summit County Public Library, 60 S. High St., downtown Akron.

Narrated by Annette Benning, the film chronicles the political machinations that led to an entirely new government agency in 1961, during the height of the Cold War. It shows how idealistic American volunteers, past and present, work side-by-side with host country nationals to transform U.S. global relations.

“A Towering Task puts a human face on the Peace Corps and makes sense of its history of idealism, improvisation, politics, and at times its failings, “ says novelist Paul Theroux. “It is the most coherent and satisfying documentary I know of the Peace Corps, and I can't imagine a better one."

A short Q&A session with a multi-generational panel of returned Peace Corps volunteers will follow the film.

Admission is free, but registration is required.

To learn more about the documentary, visit https://www.peacecorpsdocumentary.com/.