About the Event

Join us for a special film screening of Fly With Me, a new documentary from PBS’s signature history series “American Experience.”

The film tells the story of the young women who became flight attendants during the 1960s, a time when they had very little agency. Becoming a “stewardess” offered great opportunities in adventure, travel, and careers. The film looks back to this era when flight attendants were often maligned as feminist sellouts yet were on the frontlines of the battle to assert gender equality and transform the workplace.

Following the screening, a panel discussion will feature Sarah Colt, the film’s writer and director; Ann Hood, author and former flight attendant with TWA; and Casey Grant, one of the first African American flight attendants with Delta Airlines. Cameo George, the Emmy Award-winning executive producer of “American Experience” will moderate.

Event Partner

This program is presented in partnership with PBS’s “American Experience” series. “American Experience” has been television’s most-watched history series, bringing to life the incredible characters and epic stories that have shaped America’s past and present. Over the years, “American Experience” documentaries have won every major broadcast award, including 30 Emmy Awards, five duPont-Columbia Awards, and 19 George Foster Peabody Awards.