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The Plow That Broke the Plains

The Grapes of Wrath

In conjunction with this summer's Chautauqua event, the Hastings Museum of Natural and Cultural History will host a film series in the Lied Super Screen Theatre. The series will conclude Thursday, June 26 with the film The Grapes of Wrath. A "dessert and discussion" will take place at 6:00 p.m., followed by the film at 7:00 p.m.

Tom Joad returns from prison, where he was serving time for manslaughter, to his family's Oklahoma farm and finds the house abandoned. Muley, his half-crazed neighbor, tells Tom about the recent dispossession of the sharecroppers, who have been driven out by drought and the greedy land companies. Tom finally locates his family as they are about to pack their belongings on a dilapidated truck and head West, lured by promises of work and high wages in California. Joined by their friend Casy, a former "fire and brimstone" preacher, the Joads begin their long trek west on Route 66.

Winner of two Academy Awards®, The Grapes of Wrath stars Henry Fonda and Jane Darwell.

Showtime

Thursday, June 26 7:00 p.m.

Schedule is subject to change.