IN CINEMA
HARLEM INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL –
SING! FIGHT! SING! FIGHT! FROM LEROI TO AMIRI +
THE HISTORIC HBCU PHOTOGRAPH
Tickets: $15 General Admission / $7 Reduced Price
Saturday, May 25th at 8PM
SING! FIGHT! SING! FIGHT! FROM LEROI TO AMIRI
Colin Still, 2023, 88 min, UK
A portrait of the African American poet & playwright Amiri Baraka, formerly LeRoi Jones.
Preceded by:
THE HISTORIC HBCU PHOTOGRAPH
Ciara D. Ingram, 2022, 27 min, US
In 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic put an abrupt halt to all in-person social activities across the nation. An ongoing wave of civil unrest ensued in the United States, triggered by the murder of George Floyd during his arrest by Minneapolis police officers on May 25, 2020, leading to riots and peaceful protests against years of systemic racism toward African Americans in the United States. In 2021, a vaccine was approved by the CDC, allowing social activities to slowly resume. As a result, HBCU alumni from across the country came together for one day on the steps of Morningside Park in Harlem for a Historic Photograph.