One week from today the Bronx Museum is hosting a free screening of the treasure trove of cinematic revolution that is Black Power Mixtape as part of a whole program that features appearances from DJ Revolution, Latasha Diggs of Burnt Sugar fame and more goodies (full details after the jump). The whole thing runs from roughly 6-10pm, Friday February 3rd.
FIRST FRIDAYS!
The Black Power Mixtape
Film screening honoring Black History Month
FREE!
THE BLACK POWER MIXTAPE 1967-1975 mobilizes a treasure trove of 16mm material shot by Swedish journalists who came to the US drawn by stories of urban unrest and revolution. Gaining access to many of the leaders of the Black Power Movement—Stokely Carmichael, Bobby Seale, Angela Davis and Eldridge Cleaver among them—the filmmakers captured them in intimate moments and remarkably unguarded interviews. Thirty years later, this lush collection was found languishing in the basement of Swedish Television. Director Göran Olsson and co-producer Danny Glover bring this footage to light in a mosaic of images, music and narration chronicling the evolution one of our nation’s most indelible turning points, the Black Power movement. Music by Questlove and Om’Mas Keith, and commentary from prominent African-American artists and activists who were influenced by the struggle – including Erykah Badu, Harry Belafonte, Talib Kweli, and Melvin Van Peebles – give the historical footage a fresh, contemporary resonance and makes the film an exhilarating, unprecedented account of an American revolution.
6:00pm DJ Revolution spins on the 1’s & 2’s (Soul, Classic R&B, Hip-Hop)
6:45pm Welcome Remarks
6:50pm Screening of The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 (100 min)
8:30pm Q&A with film co-producer Joslyn Barnes (Louverture Films)
8:45pm Performance: GIF (HABANA/HARLEM®)
9:00pm Performance: Latasha N. Nevada Diggs (Burnt Sugar, Black Earth Institute)
9:15pm Performance: Mahogany L. Browne (PoetCD.Com/Nuyorican Poets Café)
9:30pm Performance: M.C. K~Swift (New Rap Order/ Universal Zulu Nation)
9:45pm Closing Remarks
2nd Floor – North Wing
Produced by Asho Productions.
via Okayplayer
