Hawaii Preparatory Academy, in partnership with the HPA Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee, presents the return of Voices for Belonging and Community Conversations, a film series to inspire thoughtful dialogue about place, identity and belonging through storytelling.
The third offering of the film series is a special feature-length film screening of “Invictus,” an award-winning film written by current HPA parent Tony Peckham, a screenwriter, surfer, and farmer who lives in Waimea. The film was directed by Academy Award-winning actor, director and former HPA parent Clint Eastwood, whose son graduated in 2005.
The screening will be at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 12 at the Gates Performing Arts Center (GPAC) on HPA’s upper campus. It will begin with an introduction by Peckham, and be followed by a Q&A. Admission is free and open to the public.
The film tells the true story of how President Nelson Mandela (Morgan Freeman) joined forces with the captain of South Africa’s rugby team, Francois Pienaar (Matt Damon) to help unite their country. Newly-elected President Mandela knows his nation remains racially and economically divided in the wake of apartheid. Believing he can bring his people together through the universal language of sport, Mandela rallies South Africa’s rugby team, the Springboks, as they make their run to the 1995 Rugby World Cup Championship match.
The film is rated PG-13 and contains mature subjects, so please consider this when deciding whether to bring children.