Cinema @ Scotland Street/OBOC: “Queen of Glory” (2021)

When her mother suddenly dies, the daughter of Ghanaian immigrants must decide between pursuing her education, following her married lover to Ohio, or running her family’s small Christian bookstore in a migrant area of the Bronx. Director Nana Mensah won a Tribeca Film Festival award for this “witty and compassionate love letter to the Bronx.” NR 1hr 18min

Part of WRL/W&M’s One Book One Community program series.

The Cinema @ Scotland Street series features indie, foreign, art house, and documentary films. All films are shown in the Williamsburg Library Theatre. Free admission.

One Book One Community: The New American, by Micheline Aharonian Marcom. Copies are available for checkout at both libraries, and copies of the audiobook are available for download.

WRL’s 4th annual partnership with William & Mary features book discussions, films, and programs to enhance our reading and understanding of the book. Author Micheline Marcom will join us for a reading and discussion February 21 at 6:30 p.m. in the Williamsburg Library Theatre.

This program was made possible in part by the generous support of the Friends of Williamsburg Regional Library Foundation.