After you come check I an I check out what else is on tomorrows program Friday, March 28, 2014 - Day 2 10 a.m Tour of African Burial Ground This Tour is FREE to all interested conference registrants and the general public. RSVP is required via the NBWC to attend. Description: From about the 1690s until 1794, both free and enslaved Africans were buried in a 6.6-acre burial ground in Lower Manhattan, outside the boundaries of the settlement of New Amsterdam, later known as New York. Learn more about this national monument at: nps.gov/afbg/index.htm Limited to 60 people; tour led by T. Rasul Murray 290 Broadway, N.Y. This event is open to the public. RSVP REQUIRED. LIMITED SPACE. NBWC Registration is NOT required. RSVP Now! 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Films Celebrating Activism in Black Literature Location: Founders Auditorium, Medgar Evers College NBWC Registration required. Description: A selection of short films inspired by and with literary themes. Hosted by African Voices/Reel Sisters, the film presentation will include a screening of Gordon Parks’ Solomon Northup’s Odyssey, which premiered in 1984 and was based on the same book as the award-winning movie 12 Years a Slave. Film Series Schedule Section I: Short Films 12 noon – 1:30 p.m Urban Lullaby Director/Producer: Sonia Gonzalez-Martinez Length: 8 min.; Category: Narrative Synopsis: A stressed-out artist is at the breaking point in her noisy Bronx neighborhood. Why Do You Have Black Dolls? Director: Samantha Knowles Length: 25 min.; Category: Documentary Why Do You Have Black Dolls?explores the history, beauty, and pride that is the Black doll. Through its characters, the film reveals that the Black doll is more than a plaything; it is a cultural artifact that represents the history of the people it depicts. Danger Word Director: Luchina Fisher; Producers: Tananarive Due and Luchina Fisher Writers: Steven Barnes and Tananarive Due Length: 18 min. A 13-year-old girl and her grandfather, hiding in a wooden cabin after a plague, meet the challenge of their lives when her birthday trip to a trading post goes horribly awry. Stars Frankie Faison and Saoirse Scott. Nominated for best narrative short film at the Bronze Lens Film Festival and Pan African Film Festival. Danger Word is based on the YA horror novel Devil’s Wake, which Steven Barnes coauthored with his wife and collaborator, Tananarive Due Ocoee: Legacy of the Election Day Massacre Director: Bianca M. White Length: 27 min.; Category: Documentary In the early 20th century, Ocoee was home to one of Florida’s most prosperous African-American communities. On Election Day 1920, Mose Norman and July Perry attempted to vote and the African- American community was erased from Ocoee’s history until now. The Black Cage Director: Crystle Clear Roberson; Producers: Dianne Ashford, Latisha Fortune Length: 11 min.; Category: Experimental Synopsis: What would you do if you woke up trapped? Confined behind a locked door in a mysterious metal cage with no recollection of where you are or how you got there? The reality is that many people wake up in the cage every day without even realizing it. They hold the key to their own Black cage but are too nervous to release themselves from their own restricted misery. The film stars award-winning actor Mykelti Williamson (Forrest Gump). 1:30 p.m. – 1: 55 .pm. - Break Section II: Featured Films 2 p.m. – 4:10 p.m. Harriet Returns Director: Marquis Smalls Producers: Tamu Favorite and Marquis Smalls Length: 9 min.; Category: Narrative Synopsis: Harriet Returns is a short film where Harriet Tubman urgently returns to modern times to emancipate young wannabe rappers who use the “N” word as term of endearment. She believes they have enslaved themselves. 12 Years A Slave: Solomon Northup’s Odyssey Director: Gordon Parks; Category: Narrative Length: 116 minutes 12 Years A Slave: Solomon Northup’s Odyssey directed by Gordon Parks was released in 1984 by PBS’American Playhouse as a television movie. Based on the true story of Solomon Northup, a free Black man who was kidnapped in 1841 and sold into slavery. The film stars actor Avery Brooks as Northup. After first airing on PBS, the film was later released on video under the title Half Slave, Half Free. 4:15 pm-5:30 pm Discussion 12 Years A Slave: Freeing Our Minds, Freeing Our Souls Filmmakers, scholars, and writers discuss the historical significance of Solomon Northup’s compelling and brutal firsthand account of slavery as an institution and address the narratives presented in the two films inspired by his memoir. Moderator: Michel Marriott Guests: Barbara Krauthamer, Marquis Smalls, Janay Shabazz, and Herb Boyd 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. A Conversation with Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott “The Search for Self in Caribbean Literature: Past, Present, and Future.” Location: Founders Auditorium This event is open to the public. $10 Donation Description: A Special Literary Event featuring Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott. For this special literary event, poet and playwright Derek Walcott will be joined by the Trinidad-born poet Mervyn Taylor and St. Lucian poet and producer Adrian Augier to participate in a program titled “The Search for Self in Caribbean Literature: Past, Present, and Future.” The conversation will focus on Walcott’s writing life and explore the themes of identity, memory, belonging and spirituality in his work and in Caribbean literature. This program is presented in collaboration with the Center for Black Literature, the Caribbean Research Center and the Caribbean Cultural Theatre Inc. The program is supported with a grant from the New York Council for the Humanities. Find this event on Facebook https://facebook/events/284155751739469/ 9:00 p.m. 2014 NBWC Concert: Words Meet Music Jazz concert featuring pianist Onaje Allan Gumbs and recording artists and poets Dasan Ahanu and Tai Allen, and Abiodun Oyewole of The Last Poets. Venue: Olivia 1073 Atlantic Ave. [ at Franklin Avenue] Brooklyn, New York 11238 This event is open to the public. > $10 Donation Find this event on Facebook
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