More Ideas! More Success! No Regrets!
Happy New Year from the BDC! Wishing everyone a great, prosperous, blissful, healthy, bright, delightful, energetic and extremely Happy 2016!
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"BEST OF THE FEST, 2015!"
NEXT WEEKEND ONLY! NYC!
Jan 8-10
FEATURING
The Man Who Mends Women; Cu-Bop: Cuba; Second Coming, starring Idris Elba and the
WINNER of the ADIFF 2015 Public Award for the
Best Film Directed by a Woman of Color:
Next Saturday, January 9th, 8:30 PM
(click image for more info & tickets)
Sonia Sanchez and Director/Editor Sabrina Schmidt Gordon in Attendance
Award Ceremony and Reception to Follow Screening!
Columbia University
Teachers College, Cowin Center
525 W. 120TH ST
New York, NY 10027
"I want to tell people how I became this woman with razor blades between her teeth," says Sonia Sanchez, a seminal figure in the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s, a poet who has harnessed her gift for words as a champion against racism, sexism and war, fusing art and activism over the past six decades. As a pioneer of spoken word poetry, her influence on hip hop is fundamental. But her tireless commitment to justice for all people has come at a personal cost.
This performance-packed film features appearances by Questlove, Talib Kweli, Amiri Baraka, Nikki Giovanni, Ursula Rucker, Ruby Dee, Haki Madhubuti, Imani Uzuri, Bryonn Bain, Jessica Care Moore, Yasiin Bey (Mos Def) and more.
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It is simple. Tamir Rice deserves a new grand jury. A Department of Justice investigation of the prosecutor's conduct with the grand jury. And the immediate removal and firing of the police officer.
colorofchange.org is working to hold prosecutors accountable across the country. Whether it be in Chicago, Cleveland, Minneapolis, or Columbia, SC, they are putting pressure on prosecutors to hold police accountable and end the criminalization of Black communities. They're also fighting for systemic change to take the role of police prosecution out of the hands of local prosecutors who work too closely with cops.
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