Movies for the Day, Sunday, July 2, 2017

A horse race, a famous novel, and an African leader- all background for today's films.

Grandad of Races (1950) is a film
about an annual horse race and pageantry
in Siena, Italy, held every July 2 and
August 16.  The movie won an
Oscar for Short Films.







Grandad of Races








Steppenwolf (1974) is from the
Herman Hesse novel about a
misanthropic writer and an enigmatic
young woman.  Hesse was born
this date, July 2, in 1877.






Steppenwolf






Lumumba (2000) is the story
of the rise and assassination of
the the charismatic political
leader of the Congo, post 1960.
Patrice Lumumba was born
July 2, 1925.





Lumumba