THROUGH A LENS DARKLY
Special Event & Screening THIS Saturday
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THE NEW BLACK
At CUNY Graduate School of Journalism
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Maysles Documentary Center
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Sonia Sanchez' 80th Birthday Bash!
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AMERICAN PROMISE
Available on DVD
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Please join us for a Special Event and Screening of
Through a Lens Darkly at Film Forum in NYC!
THIS Saturday, September 6
2:50 pm
This special screening features a salute to Brooklyn Photographers:
Q&A with Delphine Fawundu-Buford, Russell Frederick
and Radcliffe Roye
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Discount tickets are available through BDC!
For more information, email:
**Limited number available, so please email ASAP**
Through A Lens Darkly:
Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People
by Thomas Allen Harris
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Inspired by Deborah Willis' book, Reflections in Black, Through A Lens Darkly is the first documentary to explore the role of photography in shaping the identity, aspirations and social emergence of African Americans from slavery to the present. Through a Lens Darkly probes the recesses of American history by discovering images that have been suppressed, forgotten and lost.
From The New York Times:
"...a tribute to unsung artists and a lyrical, at times heartbroken, meditation on imagery and identity. The film is always absorbing to watch, but only once it's over do you begin to grasp the extent of its ambitions, and just how much it has done within a packed, compact hour and a half. "
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The New Black
Directed by Yoruba Richen
To date, 16 states have legalized gay marriage, but lawsuits and state referendums fighting this change proliferate. The New Black digs deeply into the role of African-Americans at this historic moment. Filmmaker Yoruba Richen takes viewers into the pews, to the kitchen table, and onto the streets to tell the story of the historic fight for marriage equality, charting the evolution of this divisive issue within the black community.
Wednesday, September 17th, 6pm
Q&A with Yoruba Richen to follow
The CUNY Graduate School of Journalism
219 West 40th St., Room 308
New York, NY 10018
**This is a free event for all CUNY students, faculty and staff!**
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Thursday, September 18th, 7pm
Q&A with Yoruba Richen to follow
Maysles Documentary Center
343 Lenox Ave.
New York, NY 10018
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CELEBRATE SONIA!
The Official New York City 80th Birthday Party
for SONIA SANCHEZ
Friday, Sept. 19, 2014, 6 pm
Bedford Hall
1177 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn
(bet. Madison St. and Jefferson Ave.)
Performances by Ursula Rucker and Jessica Care Moore
Remarks by Haki Madhubuti, Third World Press
Music by DJ Reborn
Sneak Peak at BaddDDD Sonia Sanchez
the documentary celebrating her life and work
And much more!
Admission: $35
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AMERICAN PROMISE
by Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson
Now Available on DVD and digital platforms
AMERICAN PROMISE spans 13 years as Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson, middle-class African-American parents in Brooklyn, NY, turn their cameras on their son, Idris, and his best friend, Seun, who make their way through one of the most prestigious private schools in the country. Chronicling the boys' divergent paths from kindergarten through high school graduation at Manhattan's Dalton School, this provocative, intimate documentary presents complicated truths about America's struggle to come of age on issues of race, class and opportunity.
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