Local neighborhood leaders are pleased to announce the 17th Annual African-American Film Festival (AAFFat the Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, taking place on January th March th, February 3rd and March 3rd of this year. James Drayton (a former West Palm Beach commissioner , and a energetic advocate for equality rights as well as justice) created the festival. This festival is a celebration of African American tradition and race relations, as well as honoring African American artists with groundbreaking motion pictures. An experienced individual hosts each program and additionally provides an introduction to the film’s theme
. Please enroll in us on the 1st of January at 2:45 pm for the exhibiting of the award-winning drama A Raisin in the Sun (directed by Daniel Petrie). With Sidney Poitier and Claudia McNeil The film follows the Youngers who are the members of an African American household living together within an condo in Chicago which is trying in deciding what to do with their huge assurance fee following the loss of life of their paternal grandfather. After the film, there will be a panel with audience questions and dialogue led by TreaAndrea Russworm, PhD. Also, the film features William “Bill” Nix Thomas Parham and Avery Sommers
. On March 1, at 3:00 pm, Dr. Terri Francis will be leading a panel with Eduardo Culmer, Jr,. Breion Moses, and Dwayne Taylor. The panel’s dialogue focus will center around Ava Duvernay’s documentary, TH. It explores the history of racial inequality in the United States and examines the truth that African Americans disproportionately populating the US prisons. It will additionally talk about John Singleton’s film Poetic Justice. In it, a pair of mismatched characters Justice and Lucky (Tupac) Shakur Justice as well as Lucky (Tupac) Shakur – travel in a decided manner commencing from South Central Los Angeles, in California, all the way till Oakland
. NALES Film Festival reveals the root of race discrimination. Nadine White Boyd, Esq. will host the occasion and Alexis Lockhart, Reverend Kevin Jones and James Venable will serve as panelists. Following the festival, an night reception with catered nutrition will be held in the foyer inside the Rinker Playhouse. James Drayton and AnEta Selwell have hosted occasions in the past. They all rigorously researched, vetted and curated a choice of films that are presently in the information and that can be used as catalysts to dialogue within the neighborhood. Some of the films are nostalgia-inducing and some of their best
. American Film Festival is proud to be presenting with help from WLRN Public Media, and patronage from the Kappa Upsilon Chapter Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. Student/Educator rush discount tickets can additionally be purchased for all screenings. Featuring as moderators is TreaAndrea M. Russworm. PhD. an Interdisciplinary Media Scholar who specialises in video games and digital media
. “Dr. Terri Francis, Associate Professor of Cinematic Arts and Associate Dean of Inclusion and Outreach for extra than twenty years, has recognized and explored the myriad methods in which psychoanalytic tradition functions as a dominant racism that has been developed around a flawed understanding of the need to “recognize” the different race as human . She has studied many common genres like Sidney Poitier’s films as well as black mother-daughter Melodramas for families, Black pimp stories, and cartoon Fat Albert post s American common stories
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American Film Festival American Film Festival in full sponsorship by WLRN Public Media, the Kappa Upsilon Chapter Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. and honors American cinemamaking by presenting a set of rigorously curated films. Tickets can be purchased for one screening and for the total series on-line at wwwkravisorg. and by dialing (+) or (-). Student/Educator rush discount tickets are on sale for all of the screenings the festival is for all lovers of American film. In addition, with TreaAndrea M. Russworm Dr. on hand to serve as moderator this year’s American Film Festival is convinced to be an unforgettable experience
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