My Sister Hali, a documentary by Tyler Graphic Design Professor Paul Sheriff will be screened at the Temple Performing Arts Center, 1837 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, on Sunday, March 17 at 4 pm. Everyone is invited to attend.

Prior to the screening Dr. Charles Abramovic and Heidi Jacob will discuss the process of composing the film score. After the discussion, pianist, Dr. Abramovic and cellist, Jeffery Solow, both professors at the Boyer School of Music will be performing the music for the movie.

My Sister, Hali tells the story of Hali Sheriff, an internationally acclaimed American athlete and front runner for the 1968 Olympic Women’s Gymnastics Team, whose promising life ended much too soon. It was early summer of 1966 when 14 year old gymnastics superstar Hali Sheriff was killed in a plane crash. All six passengers on board the small aircraft died, including Hali’s mother and coach, Virginia, and father, Harold Sheriff. Surviving brothers, Paul (10) and John (16), were not on the plane.