Born into a prominent New England family, four-time Academy Award winning Katharine Hepburn was known as headstrong and spirited. She mostly played roles which matched this image and would eventually be named “the greatest female star in classic Hollywood cinema” by the American Film Institute. Historian and lecturer René Silvin will share personal anecdotes of Katharine Hepburn and bring context to her extremely private life through audio, interview clips and recount his experience meeting her in 1982.