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Books & Books and the Books & Books Literary Foundation are proud to present an evening with Will Packer and Kevin Hart at the Bill Cosford Cinema at 7 p.m. Feb. 27 for an in-person discussion of “Who Better Than You?: The Art of Healthy Arrogance & Dreaming Big” (Harmony, $28).
General admission tickets are $28 and include a copy of the book. Tickets available at link above.
Students use code UMSTUDENT at checkout for free admission (does not include a copy of the book). Student tickets are limited. Cane cards will be checked at the door.
Packer, a billion-dollar Hollywood producer, provides a master mentorship by sharing secrets to success honed from working with the biggest stars in the world. As Hart says of working with Packer: “I became a student and learned from the way he was moving. The man helped me grow and gave me the knowledge.”
Whether you’re just starting out or ready to make a major move, “Who Better Than You?” is a wildly entertaining peek into the behind the scenes of Hollywood that offers empowering guidance and humorous encouragement on how to be successful in an unpredictable world.
From Stomp the Yard to Ride Along to Girls Trip and many more, Will Packer’s films have collectively grossed more than $1 billion at the box office, with ten opening at number one! To outsiders, the unabashed confidence that has driven him since his college days—when he was trying to sell a micro-budget indie film—may look like arrogance. To Packer, that’s just what it took to make it on his own terms.
With Who Better Than You?, Packer has created the success toolkit he wished he’d had back then, filled with illuminating and laugh-out-loud stories as well as indispensable guidance.
About the Author:
Will Packer has produced or executive produced a wide range of movies that have grossed more than $1 billion worldwide at the box office. He is a member of the esteemed Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and was selected as the Producer of the 94th Academy Awards Ceremony, for which he received an Emmy nomination.
About the Moderator:
Kevin Hart is an award-winning actor and comedian. His films, including “Kevin Hart: What Now?”, “Central Intelligence,” “Think Like a Man,” “Get Hard,” “Ride Along” and “The Secret Life of Pets” have earned over $3.5 billion at the box office. He is also the first comedian with a Nike sneaker line; a television producer, creating the BET show Real Husbands of Hollywood and the Laugh Out Loud Network; and CEO of Hartbeat Productions.
