BAM – FilmAfrica 2016 1 min read Co-presented by the New York African Film Festival, this cinematic companion to the annual DanceAfrica celebration features the best fiction and documentary films from Ghana,... Read More
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BAM – FilmAfrica 2016 1 min read
Thomas Jefferson, Slavery and Race 1 min read In this groundbreaking work, Most Blessed of the Patriarchs: Thomas Jefferson and the Empire of the Imagination, Annette Gordon-Reed teams up with America’s leading Jefferson scholar, Peter S. Onuf, to analyze Thomas Jefferson’s vision of himself, the American Revolution, Christianity, slavery, and race.... Read More
15th Annual Dr. Betty Shabazz Awards Ceremony The Schomburg Center and Women In Islam Inc. in their annual collaborative ceremony honors leaders in the community. This year’s honorees include nationally-recognized scholar, speaker, interfaith activist, and... Read More
Weeksville Heritage Center – Books Launch 1 min read “The Book of Harlen” by Bernice L. McFadden & “Summer Of The Cicadas” by Cole Lavalais Authors will appear in conversation • Moderated by Glory Edim, Founder of Well... Read More
Ousmane Sembène’s feature film Black Girl 1 min read May 18—May 24, 2016 BAM Peter Jay Sharp Building 30 Lafayette Ave. Brooklyn The first African film to receive international acclaim, Ousmane Sembène’s feature debut... Read More
Free For All – LGBTQ Spotlight with Bushwick Film Festival May 25, 2016 • 7pm - 9pm BRIC House Stoop 647 Fulton Street (Enter on Rockwell Place) Brooklyn Free screenings and conversation at BRIC House. BRIC FLIX offers premieres, shorts, new media projects and web series that all reflect the diversity and vibrancy of Brooklyn. Each screening is followed by a discussion with the filmmakers, artists, curators and more.... Read More
Free For All – BRIC: “Orientation, Media Education” May 21, 2016, 11am – 1pm The Media Center at BRIC House 647 Fulton Street 2nd Floor Brooklyn Learn. Create. Elevate. Orientation is the... Read More
“B Scene”— A free, film and TV viewing series May 14, 2016 • 2 – 3:30pm Weeksville Heritage Center 158 Buffalo Avenue Brooklyn Brooklyn Free Speech, a New York Emmy-nominated community television network, presents B Scene — a... Read More