Academy Award-nominated director John Sayles returns to the Coronado Public Library to discuss his latest book, “The Crucible,” on Jan. 27 at 7 p.m.
Sayles will be in conversation with Merridee Book, the executive director of the Coronado Island Film Festival, discussing why the story of Henry Ford’s labor wars in Depression-era Detroit, along with his disastrous experiment in the Amazon, continues to resonate.
Sayles is a film director and author. He has made over 18 movies as a director and screenwriter known for “Lianna,” “Brother from Another Planet,” “Matewan,” “Eight Men Out,” “City of Hope,” “Sunshine State,” “Passion Fish” and “Lone Star,” the last two of which earned him Academy Award nominations for Best Original Screenplay.
His career as a novelist began in 1975 and has continued with recent releases like “Jamie MacGillivray” and “To Save the Man.”
About ‘The Crucible’
Already the gateway for illegal Canadian liquor during the Prohibition, the Motor City becomes a crucible for American class conflict during the Great Depression, with an army of laid off Ford workers drifting into the ranks of the burgeoning union movement — Henry Ford’s worst nightmare. Â
To keep the hundreds of thousands still employed by him in thrall, the man who was formerly “America’s favorite tycoon” recruits black laborers migrating from the deep South to serve as “strike insurance,” and gives Harry Bennett, pugnacious as he is diminutive, free reign over the legion of barroom brawlers and ex-cons who make up the company’s “Security Department.”
This event is free and open to the public. Seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Limited preferred seating is offered with the purchase of “The Crucible” through Warwick’s Bookstore.
