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BIG MAMA THORNTON: I CAN’T BE ANYONE BUT ME
The Regent Theatre, 7 Medford Street, Arlington, MA
Thursday, May 21, 2026 at 7:30 pm
https://regenttheatre.com

We are pleased to announce that the Regent Theatre is offering WUMB Members a discount to their film screening.
WUMB Members get a discount with a code that was emailed to Members. If you are a Member, and you did not receive a code, please contact the Membership Office at (617) 287-6902 or wumb.membership@umb.edu (preferred).

**Discounted tickets have limited availability. If the code no longer works, it is likely that the tickets allotted for WUMB Members are sold out.**

Remember to “Apply” the promo code to unlock the discounted tickets BEFORE choosing your tickets.

CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE TICKETS.
The event is run by the Regent Theatre. Clicking the above link will bring you to the Regent Theatre ticket page.

Event Description (from The Regent Theatre):

Featuring live Q&A with Filmmaker, Robert Clem

Alabama-born singer and musician Willie Mae Thornton was a preacher’s daughter who went her own way. She joined a traveling variety show at age 14 and had a smash hit in 1953 with “Hound Dog” but had to struggle for another decade before the blues revival of the 1960s brought her back to the limelight. Given the name “Big Mama” at the Apollo Theater, she was tough, funny, a true original determined to do things her way and be the person she wanted to be.

Robert Clem has written, produced and directed works in film, television, radio and theater. Most frequently he has focused on fiction and nonfiction films set in his native Alabama, exploring and deconstructing its history, politics, literature, religion, music and its role as the nation’s central battleground in the movement for black civil rights.