Macfarlane Auditorium, Utica University

(1967, UK, dir. James Clavell, 105 minutes) Sidney Poitier stars in this classic drama about an out of work engineer from British Guiana who takes a position as a high school teacher in London’s tough East End. Faced with a group of unruly students that have little regard for their future, he must figure out how to make them believe in themselves. All showings Thursday night at 7:00 p.m. in Macfarlane Auditorium.  Admission is free. The Jackson Lunch Hour Series presents a reading by Jennifer Sperry Steinorth, poet.