ATLANTA -- A film about the restoration of the historic Wilshire Boulevard Temple in Los Angeles premieres Friday and Saturday nights in Atlanta, and launches a similar campaign to restore a priceless piece of Morris Brown College history.
Restoring Tomorrow follows the journey of Los Angeles-based filmmaker Aaron Wolf, as he rediscovers his roots while his childhood temple fights for survival.
The film’s premiere launches a campaign to restore Fountain Hall at Morris Brown College, which was built in 1882 and designated a national historic landmark. It once housed the office of famed sociologist, historian and civil rights activist William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, known as "W. E. B." Du Bois.
The historic structure is located near Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive and Mitchell Street, a block away from the new Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
“Helping Morris Brown College preserve Fountain Hall is helping humanity preserve a part of its history,” said Robert Johnson, Morris Brown’s COO.
The film documents the rise and fall and rise again of Wilshire Boulevard Temple, which was built by the original Hollywood moguls but needed millions of dollars to restore.
Morris Brown College was Georgia’s first institution of higher learning founded by African Americans for African Americans.
The film premieres in Atlanta at Regal Tara Atlanta on Cheshire Bridge Road.
“The goal is for the film to lead others to their own movement to restore something meaningful to them,” said Wolf, Friday night. “In Atlanta, that ‘something’ is Morris Brown College. In times where many people say we are so divided, it’s opportunities like this that highlight that we all have so much in common."
