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“Different Drummers,” the film based on a true story of the spiritual journey and unlikely friendship between two fourth-grade boys growing up in Spokane during the 1960s, will air at 5:30 p.m., Wednesday in the John J. Hemmingson Center Auditorium at Gonzaga University. The event is free and open to the public.

Filmed in Spokane, “Different Drummers (2013) focuses on the friendship between Lyle, who is challenged with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and his best friend David, who is in a wheelchair with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. When David accurately predicts the death of their fourth-grade teacher, claiming God told him, Lyle decides to test the existence of God by trying to get David to run again.

Jerri Shepard, associate professor in the School of Education, will introduce the film. A panel discussion immediately following the film will include Hatcher, Sima Thorpe, executive director of The Arc of Spokane, and Lukas Bratcher, a Whitworth University alumnus who has presented at Gonzaga’s classes on cultural diversity.

The Gonzaga School of Education’s Diversity and Social Justice Committee and Gonzaga’s Unity Multicultural Education Center sponsor the event.

 

Kevin Moore
Kevin Moore
Kevin Moore is a senior studying English at Whitworth University. Born and raised in sunny southern California, Kevin spends much of his time in and around bodies of water. He has participated in a myriad of writing workshops with some of Spokane's best writers and poets. Currently a teaching assistant to Poet Laureate Thom Caraway, Moore looks forward to having even more writing to analyze and edit to ensure that Spokane FāVS fans have lucid, engaging content to enjoy.

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