THALIAN HALL CINEMA · SPECIAL EVENT

Crime and Punishment in America

PBS North Carolina, in partnership with Burgwin-Wright House and Gardens and Thalian Hall Center for the Performing Arts, invites you to a special preview screening and community conversation featuring clips from the highly anticipated PBS documentary series Crime and Punishment in America.

This event is free and open to the public. Registration is required.

Event Details:

Tuesday, October 13, 2026

6:00–8:30 PM

Thalian Hall Center for Performing Arts located at 310 Chestnut Street, Wilmington

Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Lynn Novick (The Vietnam War, Hemingway, College Behind Bars, The U.S. and the Holocaust) and executive produced by Ken Burns and Sam Pollard, the four-part, eight-hour series explores the history of criminal justice in America from the colonial era to the present day.

Join us for an evening of film and conversation

The program will feature a curated selection of clips from Crime and Punishment in America, followed by a panel discussion featuring local historians, legal scholars and community advocates.

Thalian Hall Cinema is a series of first-run and repertory wide release, independent, foreign, documentary, and other notable films presented by Thalian Hall Center for the Performing Arts.