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Southern Circuit Director on ‘Studio Virginia’ Sept. 14
Danielle Beverly, who brings her documentary “Learning to Swallow” to Sweet Briar on Tuesday, Sept. 19, will be featured on the WVTF public radio show Studio Virginia at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 14.

Filmmaker Danielle Beverly, who brings her film "Learning to Swallow" to Sweet Briar on Sept. 19, will be featured on WVTF's Studio Virginia on Sept. 14.
Hailed as “Unflinchingly honest” by the Minneapolis City Pages, “Learning to Swallow” tells the story of Patsy Desmond, a mentally ill and charismatic artist who battles to reconstruct her life after her digestive system is destroyed by a suicide attempt.

It is the first of six independent films to be shown over the next several months at venues that will alternate between Sweet Briar and Randolph-Macon Woman’s College. Screenings will be held at Sweet Briar in Tyson Auditorium (Benedict 100) and at R-MWC in Leggett Hall Room 537. Admission is free.

For more information about the Southern Circuit Film Series, contact Eleanor Salotto, SBC associate professor of English, at (434) 381-6159 or esalotto@sbc.edu .