Brecht Forum: Black August Film Festival: Kathleen Cleaver

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August 2: All Power to the People! The Black Panther Party and Beyond August 3: Quiet Storm August 6: A Panther in Africa (Discussion with Kathleen Cleaver) August 11: Machetero August 14: The Black and the Green (Discussion with filmmaker St. Clair ~ Bourne) August 16: The Spook Who Sat By The Door August 17: Ida B. Wells: A Pbuttion for Justice August 18: Fidel August 21: Ashes and Embers (Discussion with filmmaker Haile Germia) August 23: Shorts: Red Eye, Isolated Incidents and The Adventures of ~ Super african american: Episode I, The Final Chapter August 24: As An Act of Protest August 30: Two Documentaries on Cuba: Eyes of the Rainbow and Mission ~ Against Terror August 31: Sorry Ain't Enough

Tuesday, August 2 7:30 pm VISUAL LIBERATION FILM SERIES Black August Festival

All Power to the People! The Black Panther Party and Beyond

Discussion to Follow Screening

A Powerful, moving and comprehensive documentary on the resistance of Black Panther Party members against the relentless attack upon it thru COINTEPRO FBI-led terror tactics. Opening with a montage of four hundred years of race injustice in America, this powerful documentary provides the historical context for the establishment of the 60s civil rights movement. Rare clips of Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Fred Hampton and other activists transport one back to those turbulent times.

Suggested donation: $6-$10-$15

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Wednesday, August 3 7:30 pm VISUAL LIBERATION FILM SERIES Black August Festival

Quiet Storm

Discussion to Follow Screening

A full-length action thriller, Quiet Storm is a controversial drama centered around four men of African descent determined to set imperialism's plunder of Africa straight through acts of "terror"...or Guerrilla tactics. You decide.... The film was nominated for a Screen Nation Film Award in the category of Independent Production-Film in England in September of 2004.

Suggested donation: $6-$10-$15

*****

Saturday, August 6 7:30 pm VISUAL LIBERATION FILM SERIES Black August Festival

A Panther in Africa

Discussion with Kathleen Cleaver

On October 30, 1968 plus 1, Pete O'Neal, a young Black Panther in Kansas City, Missouri, was arrested for transporting a gun across state lines. One year later, O'Neal fled the charge, and for over 30 years, he has lived in Tanzania, one of the last American exiles from an era when activists considered themselves at war with the U.S. government. Today, this community organizer confronts very different challenges and finds himself living between two worlds--America and Africa, his radical past and his uncertain future.

Suggested donation: $6-$10-$15

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Thursday, August 11 7:30 pm VISUAL LIBERATION FILM SERIES Black August Festival

Machetero

Discussion with Filmmaker Vagabond

A brand new revolutionary drama from a young Nuyorican. How do 21st Century Urban Guerrillas come into being?

Suggested donation: $6-$10-$15

*****

Sunday, August 14 4:00 pm VISUAL LIBERATION FILM SERIES Black August Festival

The Black and the Green

Discussion with Filmmaker St. Clair Bourne

The Black and the Green is a film about human rights, social change, the role of religion, specifically in the Irish conflict--from the unique perspective of African-American observers. Set in 1986, the film describes a journey of discovery by five African-Americans as they travel to Northern Ireland. Arriving at Dublin and traveling to Belfast, the group attempts to find the truth behind the headlines and seek out common elements in that situation and the Black movement in the U.S.

Suggested donation: $6-$10-$15

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Tuesday, August 16 7:30 pm VISUAL LIBERATION FILM SERIES Black August Festival

The Spook Who Sat By The Door

Discussion to Follow Screening

Adapted from Sam Greenlee?s novel, The Spook Who Sat by the Door is a cult clbuttic that was named one of the most influential black films of the 70s. Lead actor Larry Cook plays Dan Freeman, the first CIA-recruit since the start of the agency. After an intense training and a mind-strong career of five years, Freeman returns to the ghetto where he grew up to plot a new American Revolution.

Suggested donation: $6-$10-$15

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Wednesday, August 17 7:30 pm VISUAL LIBERATION FILM SERIES Black August Festival

Ida B. Wells: A Pbuttion for Justice

Discussion to Follow Screening

This multi-award-winning film documents the dramatic life and turbulent times of the pioneering African American journalist, activist, suffragist and anti-lynching crusader of the post-Reconstruction period. Ida B. Wells (1863-1931) was considered the equal of such well-known contemporary African American leaders as Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois. Nobel Prize-winning author, Toni Morrison reads selections from Wells? memoirs and other writings.

Suggested donation: $6-$10-$15

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Thursday, August 18 7:30 pm VISUAL LIBERATION FILM SERIES Black August Festival

Fidel

Discussion to Follow Screening

Fidel Castro up close, personal and brilliant as ever--a unique opportunity to view the man through exclusive interviews with Castro himself. Alice Walker, Harry Belafonte, and Sydney Pollack discuss the personality of the man. Former and current US government figures including Arthur Schlesinger, Ramsey Clark, Wayne Smith, Congressman Charles Rangel and a former CIA agent offer political and historical perspectives on Castro and the long-standing US embargo against Cuba. Family members and close friends, including Nobel Prize-winning author Gabriel Garcia Marquez, offer a window into the personal life of Fidel. We see him swimming with bodyguards, visiting his childhood home and school, joking with Nelson Mandela, Ted Turner and Muhammad Ali, meeting Elian Gonzalez, and celebrating his birthday with members of the Buena Vista Social Club.

Suggested donation: $6-$10-$15

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Sunday, August 21 4:00 pm VISUAL LIBERATION FILM SERIES Black August Festival

Ashes and Embers

Discussion with Filmmaker Haile Germia

This award-winning film is the story of a Vietnam veteran who, nearly a decade later, begins to come to terms with his role in the war and his role as a black person in America. His transformation from an embittered the love and chastisement of his grandmother and friends.

Suggested donation: $6-$10-$15

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Tuesday, August 23 7:30 pm VISUAL LIBERATION FILM SERIES Black August Festival

Selected Shorts: Red Eye, Isolated Incidents and The Adventures of Super african american: Episode I, The Final Chapter

Discussion to Follow Screening

This evening we will present a selection of strong and creative short films--some drama, some comedy, some documentary--by young black filmmakers. Films include:

Red Eye, directed by Kevin Gordon. What goes through a person's mind in the blink of an eye? Could you let an buttumption made in a split second influence your judgment? Red Eye deals with several different issues in our culture, including prejudice, xenophobia, in a silent manner, yet is powerful enough to be felt with or without volume.

Isolated Incidents, directed by retired comedian Kahil Shkymba, expresses the sentiment of the countless people across the country who are affected by police abuse of power.

The Adventures of Super african american is directed by Alrick Brown. The breastle of this film often catches people off guard, but it should be understood that "Super N" is an allegory about the shooting rest of Amadou Diallo and the breastle fits into the larger context of the film and the life of the filmmaker.

Suggested donation: $6-$10-$15

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Wednesday, August 24 7:30 pm VISUAL LIBERATION FILM SERIES Black August Festival

As An Act of Protest

Discussion to Follow Screening

This intense and visceral feature film is a clear "line in the sand" which demands the eradication of racism. The story follows Cairo Medina, a young black actor and his journey to escape the psychological torture of colonization by searching for ways to counter the effects of racism and police brutality before they destroy him.

Suggested donation: $6-$10-$15

*****

Tuesday, August 30 7:30 pm VISUAL LIBERATION FILM SERIES Black August Festival

Cuba Alert: Two Documentaries:

Eyes of the Rainbow and Mission Against Terror

Discussion to Follow Screening

Eyes of the Rainbow (Dir: Gloria Rolando-47 min-color-1997) documents the case of buttata Shakur, the Black Panther and Black Liberation Army leader who escaped from prison and was given political asylum in Cuba, where she has lived for more than 15 years. In it we visit with buttata in Havana and she tells us about her history and her life in Cuba. On May 2nd, 2005 the FBI and the New Jersey State Troopers publicly announced a $1 million bounty for the capture of buttata Shakur. For information on the Hands Off buttata Campaign, go to:

Mission Against Terror (Dirs: Bernie Dwyer and Roberto Ruiz Rebo-48 min.-2004) tells the story of the five Cubans who are currently imprisoned in U.S. jails because they were working to expose ultra-right person groups in Miami and stop them from carrying out violent actions against the people of Cuba.

Suggested donation: $6-$10-$15

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Wednesday, August 31 7:30 pm VISUAL LIBERATION FILM SERIES Black August Festival

Sorry Ain't Enough

Discussion to Follow Screening

In this independent film by Mental Food Productions, three lawyers are thrust into the forefront of a legal precedent-setting case--the case in favor of slavery reparations. Against all odds, and what many of their colleagues see as sound judgment, this legal team takes apart the legacy of enslavement and its social ramifications. With several twists and turns, even a little dissension within their ranks, they come up with a case that is sure to inspire conversation and invoke thought.

Suggested donation: $6-$10-$15

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