SATURDAY | February 6th, 2016 | Koret Auditorium | 12pm-6pm SUNDAY | February 7th, 2016 | Koret Auditorium | 12pm-5pm
DIRECTIONS
This film series will be showing at the SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY Street on Larkin Street, near City Hall, on Saturday & Sunday (February 6th & 7th + February 27th & 28th) and is FREE to the public. Get there early and get your "Black History" on! DIRECTIONS HERE
SATURDAY | February 6th, 2016
Koret Auditorium
12pm-6pm
12pm Changing Face of Harlem
(62m, U S A) dir. by Shawn Batey Documentaries
Changing Face of Harlem is a one-hour documentary that examines and challenges the benefits of the 'revitalization' of a community. The unique nature of the culture and history of the community of Harlem, U.S.A is examined from an 'insider's perspective' through the personal reflections of residents, business owners, politicians, developers, and clergy members who witness this 'transformation'. The impact of changing social economics and class difference are explored and critiqued. How does this creative, vibrant neighborhood preserve its rich cultural history while discovering the 'good' in change.
1pm BURN: The Evolution of an American City
(57m, U S A) dir. by Harold Jackson III Documentaries
A pair of Independent Filmmakers, on a whim set out to learn more about the little known, “Worst recorded Race Riot in American History†the 1921 Tulsa Oklahoma Race Riot. They were struck by the amazing complexity of such a “simple†place. They set out to tell the story of a city and a riot. But were told the story of a place that is a pure reflection of America. This documentary is more than a view of the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot. It is an analysis of social, economic, religious, and human ethics yet investigated. The residents of Tulsa guide you through the evolution, and lack of, of their city. Religious Leaders, an Attorney, a City Councilman, a Community Activist, and an Educator guide you through this seething examination of the socio-economic and racial paradoxes of America
2pm DAR HE: The Lynching of Emmett Till
(70m, U S A) dir. by Rob Underhill Short
It is 1955. The body of 14-year old Emmett Till from Chicago is discovered in a Money, MS river. Two men are acquitted for the murder. LOOK magazine interviews the residents of Money to get at the root of what happene
4pm
Njinga: Queen of Angola
100m, Angola, Portugal) dir. by Sergio Graciano Feature
In the 17th century a warrior woman fights for the independence of Angola. After witnessing the murder of her son and watching her people being humiliated by Portuguese colonizers, Njinga will become a Queen and struggle for their liberation embodying the motto: those who stay fight to win.
SUNDAY | February 7th, 2016
Koret Auditorium
12pm-5pm
12pm Dogjack
(115m, U S A) dir. by Edward Mcdougal Feature
During the Civil War, an escaped slave (Benjamin Gardner) joins the Union Army, and his loyal dog becomes his regiment’s mascot. NICHE: African, African American, Christian, Mature/Adult, Black, Youth
2pm Brown Babies: The Mischlingskinder Story (102m, U S A)
dir. by Regina Griffin
Documentaries
Two nations ashamed of their own: Nazi Germany and Jim Crow America. This is the true story of the children born in post-war Germany to black American soldiers and white German women, and the African-American socialite who took it upon herself to find the truth.
4pm Shortage of Children
A Court D’enfants) (45m, France) by Cynthia Pinet French
Winter 1963…Two children, Camelien (10) and Lenais (5), from Reunion Island are taken away from their mother to help in the resettlement policy of the French government. Instead of going to school and receiving an education, Camelien is going to serve as labor in an isolated farm.
5:00pm Our Rhineland
(16m, U S A) dir. by Faren Humes Shorts
Our Rhineland follows two mixed-race sisters during the Third Reich era. Sofia Massaquoi decides to expose the Nazi regime’s compulsory operations after she witnesses her sister undergo a forced sterilization. But her plans are halted when she has a run-in with an officer and is detained for the very operation she is trying to thwart. Sofia’s fate becomes even grimmer once