LAWRENCE — Heartland Film will present a special showing on Tuesday, March 25 for “Radium Girls,” starring Joey King. An Official Selection at the 2018 Heartland International Film Festival, “Radium Girls” is about women in the early 20th century working at a U.S. Radium Factory who were unaware of radium dangers while painting glow-in-the-dark watches.
Before the screening there will be a conversation with Dr. Barrett Caldwell, a PhD Professor of Industrial Engineering, and Aeronautics & Astronautics at Purdue.
Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the discussion and film start at 7 p.m.
Visit heartlandfilm.org to get tickets, which are $7 plus a small service fee. The Heartland Film Headquarters is located on the Fort Ben Cultural Center, 8950 Otis Ave. in Lawrence.