Re-Discovering African-American History Through the Silver Screen at Kravis Center’s twelfth Annual Film Festival

The seventeenth Annual African-American Film Festival is proudly organized by local community leaders in the Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts. The pageant will be held in the months of January, February and March this 12 months. The pageant was based by Late James Drayton, a former West Palm Beach city commissioner who was a staunch proponent equality and justice, this pageant is devoted to celebrating African American culture, race relations and social justice, in addition to giving tribute to African American artists through groundbreaking movie festivals. Every night is a fascinating intro to the film’s matter that is led by a educated individual

. Come join us on January 1st in 2:45 pm to watch the screening of the acclaimed drama A Raisin in the Sun (directed by Daniel Petrie). This movie stars Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeil and follows those who are the Youngers (an African American loved ones who share an residence in Chicago apartment) whereas they try to resolve what to deal with their enormous assurance payouts following the demise of their patriarch. TreaAndrea Russworm (PhD). will reasonable in a panel discussion that will be open to the public and will function William Nix, Thomas Parham, and Avery Sommers

. At the end of March at 6 : 2 pm, Dr. Terri Francis will be the moderator of a panel that includes Eduardo Culmer, Jr,. Breion Moses, and Dwayne Taylor. The panel’s discussions on Ava Duvernay’s documentary, TH. It explores the heritage of race-based inequality across the United States and examines the real-life situation of African Americans disproportionately populating the prisons of the nation. The panel will additionally recall John Singleton’s movie Poetic Justice. In it, a pair of mismatched characters that are Justice as good as Lucky (Tupac) Shakur journey in a decided method to South Central Los Angeles, the state of California, to Oakland

. The annual NALES Festival of Film exposes the systematic racism in its underlying causes. It will be moderated by Nadine White-Boyd and Nadine White-Boyd, Esq. The panelists contain Reverend Kevin Jones, James Venable and Alexis Lockhart shall be current. The reception will be catered in the lobby at the Rinker Playhouse will precede the event. James Drayton and AnEta Selwell were the hosts of prior occasions. They fastidiously studied, vetted and curated some movies that have a current enchantment and can be used as catalysts to community discussion. Some of the movies that are featured are nostalgic in nature, among some of the very excellent

. American Film Festival is proud to host the pageant with the help of WLRN Public Media, and patronage from the Kappa Upsilon Chapter Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. Tickets for rush tickets for students or educators are additionally provided for each screening. TreaAndrea Russworm PhD is a multidisciplinary media scholar who has a unique curiosity in video and digital media games

. Dr. Terri Francis, Associate Professor of Cinematic Arts and Associate Dean of Inclusion and Outreach for the past twenty years, has recognized and questioned the various ways in which psychoanalytic tradition functions as a dominant racial ideology which is constructed on a flawed concept of how to “recognize” the racial different as human . This is completed by studying various popular kinds like Sidney Poitier’s films, black mother and daughter Melodramas for families, Black pimp stories, and cartoon Fat Albert post s American popular literatures

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The American Film Festival which is funded by WLRN Public Media and the Kappa Upsilon Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. It celebrates the best of American filmmaking by presenting a sequence of movies specifically chosen for the pageant. tickets can be bought to attend particular person screenings or all of the sequence on wwwkravisorg. or over the telephone by calling (“-“) or (). Each screening is free for students and educators, so every person can enjoy this nice event. This year’s American Film Festival will be unforgettable thanks to TreaAndrea MRussworm. Dr. as the moderator

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