POSTPONED DUE TO WEATHER
IN CINEMA
15th Annual Black Panther Party Film Festival Opening Night: Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom
Fri, September 29 at 6PM
Tickets: $15 General Admission/$7 Reduced Price
POSTPONED DUE TO WEATHER
We invite you to join us for the opening Celebration of the 15th Annual Black Panther Party Film Festival. Wow, 15 years this is a milestone! Celebration before the screening at 6:30PM in the village of Harlem at Maysles Cinema!
Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom
Stanley Nelson & Nicole London, 2022, 57 min.
Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom is a rich and nuanced portrait of the woman known as a conductor of the Underground Railroad, who repeatedly risked her own life and freedom to liberate others from slavery. Born in Dorchester County, Maryland, 200 years ago — 2022 marks her bicentennial —Tubman escaped north to Philadelphia in 1849, covering more than 100 miles alone. Once there, Tubman became involved in the abolitionist movement, and through the Underground Railroad guided more than 70 enslaved people to freedom. The film goes beyond the legend of Tubman to explore what motivated her — including divine inspiration — to become one of the greatest freedom fighters in our nation’s history. Executive produced by acclaimed filmmaker Stanley Nelson together with Lynne Robinson, the film is narrated by Emmy award-winning actor Alfre Woodard. Actor Wendell Pierce is featured as the voice of abolitionist Frederick Douglass.
preceded by:
AtP - Special Feature: 'Who Is Mumia?'
About the People Broadcast Committee, 2023, 23 min.
AtP - Special Feature: 'Who Is Mumia?' is the first Special Feature segment in a series of multimedia projects by Spirit of Mandela's About the People (AtP) Broadcast Committee, which aims to highlight grassroots organizing and revolutionary efforts from a ground-level perspective. ‘Who Is Mumia?’ highlights the life of renowned journalist, Freedom Fighter, and Political Prisoner, Mumia Abu-Jamal. This Special Feature seeks to separate the fact from fiction about Mumia, the controversy around his almost 42 years of imprisonment, and the current fight to free him, with an emphasis on the realtime urgency of Philly's Native Son finally coming home.
