Past: See Me Series: Conversation with Dirk Benedict

The Department of Mass Media at Southeast kicks off its See Me Series with a conversation with actor Dirk Benedict about his first onscreen role in Maya Angelou’s first film "Georgia, Georgia".

Benedict’s appearance celebrates the 50th anniversary of the film’s 1972 release in which Angelou used the framework of a romantic encounter to tell a much more complex story involving gender, race, and celebrity.

Benedict will share his experiences of making the movie that launched him as an actor, working with Angelou, and his reflections on a stage, film and television career that included performances of two iconic characters: Starbuck on "Battlestar Galactica" and Face on "The A-Team".

See Benedict at 6:30pm in Rose Theatre and learn why the film that started his career is still on his mind 50 years later.