The African Diaspora: From Enslavement to Barack Obama Elected as 44th President
The African Diaspora (1619 - 2008)
From Enslavement to Barack Obama Elected as 44th President
The Black African Diaspora soars in an historic arc from the 1619's departure from Goree of the first enslaved Africans to reach the Americas to the election of Barak Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America.The festival films explore the multiple strands of experience, past and present-in 1619, captured black Africans transformed into the enslaved chattel property. The shift from highlighting heroes and heroines of history to everyday folks-people from the experience of enslavement to emancipation and the ongoing struggle against the dogged grip of racism is the focus of the festival.
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Monday, March 16 at 7:30 pm Guest Speaker: ADRIAN PEREZ-MELGOSA Adrian Pérez Melgosa is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish and Comparative Literature at SUNY Stony Brook with a specialization in Contemporary Hispanic Cultural Studies.  With Fellinesque humor and dramatic surprises it chronicles the first steps toward maturity of Abdullio, a ten year old orphan who lives with his earthy grandmother. She urges him to quit his dead-end newspaper selling job and go to school. Unable to read he is fearful of school failure until he is adopted by a colorful carnival group The Illusion Conspiracy and a man who claims to be a newspaper editor challenging Abdullio to learn how to read. The setting for the film is the longest carnival on record. 40 days and nights. More Info Tickets Info Here $9 Members / $12 Public / Includes Bagel Breakfast + Discussion Tickets can also be purchased at the box office during theatre hours or by calling Brown Paper Tickets toll free at 1-800-838-3006. No refunds. |
| MADE IN JAMAICA USA, 2006, 120 min. Wednesday, March 18 at 7:30pm Guest Speaker: American-Jamaican Filmmaker Taagen Swaby. A short film about Taagen Swaby will also be screened.  Made in Jamaica is a powerful portrait of the leaders of the reggae movement and how it has become a worldwide phenomenon. It's the story of how a small island nation took their pain and turned it into songs that resonate around the world. Reggae is Jamaica's blues: a music of both desperation and hope. Reggae music sprang into life in the 70's. It was the first time that a third world country had made its voice heard on such a large scale. Now a new generation of reggae artists has emerged and its fathers are still in Jamaica. Made in Jamaica recounts the individual stories of these artists who represent the Jamaican Dream. More Info Tickets Info Here $9 Members / $12 Public / Includes Reception Tickets can also be purchased at the box office during theatre hours or by calling Brown Paper Tickets toll free at 1-800-838-3006. No refunds. |
Tickets can also be purchased at the box office during theatre hours or
by calling Brown Paper Tickets toll free at 1-800-838-3006.
No refunds.
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