NYU professor Perri Klass, author of a New Yorker essay on the Betty Smith novel, will introduce the screening of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Perri Klass is a Professor of Journalism and Pediatrics, director of the Medical Humanities Minor at New York University, and works in the pediatric clinic at Bellevue Hospital.

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn with Perri Klass (NYU Professor)

In Brooklyn circa 1900, the Nolans manage to enjoy life on pennies despite great poverty and Papa's alcoholism. We come to know these people well through big and little troubles: Aunt Sissy's scandalous succession of "husbands"; the removal of the one tree visible from their tenement; and young Francie's desire to transfer to a better school...if irresponsible Papa can get his act together.