Local filmmaker captures D.C.’s battle for statehood

Join us on Thursday, Jan. 22, at 6:30 p.m., at the Village Center for a special screening and panel discussion of “The Last Battlefront,” a one-hour historical fim on the fight for self-government in Washington, D.C., as told through the lives and voices of its citizens. At a time of national struggles over voting rights, “The Last Battlefront” documents an historic struggle to secure equal access to voting and to the basic rights guaranteed in the Constitution and the values on which our nation was founded. Village resident Anna Reid Jhirad served as the project director of The Battlefront DC Film Project. A panel discussion will follow the screening. Look for more details in the January Village News. Registration is required. Go to www.dcbattlefront.com to register.