Serving the High Plains
Serving the High Plains
The Odeon Theatre in downtown Tucumcari later this month will host a screening of the documentary “Route 66: The Untold Story of Women on the Mother Road” and a panel discussion after the showing.
The screening will be at 2 p.m. Aug. 13 at the historic theater at 123 S. Second St.
The event is free, but the organizers are asking attendees to register at shorturl.at/yEQU7.
The film explores how women overcame segregation and gender discrimination to build fulfilling lives for themselves and generations to come on “America’s most beloved road.”
The panel discussion will include the film’s producer and director, Katrina Parks; retired director of the Center for Southwest Research Tomas Jaehn, author Sharon Niederman and other special guests.
Funding support for the program is provided by the New Mexico Humanities Council and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
The New Mexico Route 66 Association, Tucumcari MainStreet and the Odeon Theatre is providing additional support.
The entire film can be watched online on the Tubi platform at tubitv.com.