NUBIAN KNIGHTS NETWORK: Wednesday, September 21, 2011

QUOTATIONS OF "BLACK"

"Whenever I use BLACK it relates to some history of Africans in that particular place. It’s the idea of the color BLACK as a metaphor, or as a representation of African-Americans. It’s the notion of BLACK- BLACKNESS - and all its other meanings in relation to the history of race..."

- Fred Wilson

"Most of my fortitude to continue doing the work comes from the moral outrage I feel about the injustices that Black people endure disproportionately daily."

- N. Abdul-Wakil

"In the end, what matters is not skin shade but pan-African consciousness. Loving your complexion, your nose, lips, hair length and texture, no matter what the politics or trends decide, and simply be. That's the problem with us (African folks). We're still learning how to love ourselves. So used to glorifying others and putting others first..."

- Dredlocks Tree

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
A Compilation Documentary Film About
The Black Power Movement

THE BLACK POWER MIXTAPE 1967-1975

SYNOPSIS:

THE BLACK POWER MIXTAPE 1967-1975 is an award winning compilation feature documentary that displays the story of the African-American community 1967-1975, the people, the society and the style that fueled a change. Told with sparkling, beautiful and deep footage, lost in the archives in Sweden for 30 years.

THE BLACK POWER MIXTAPE 1967-1975 mobilizes a treasure trove of 16mm material shot by Swedish journalists who came to the US drawn by stories of urban unrest and revolution. Gaining access to many of the leaders of the Black Power Movement Stokely Carmichael, Bobby Seale , Angela Davis and Eldridge Cleaver among them the filmmakers captured them in intimate moments and remarkably unguarded interviews. Thirty years later, this lush collection was found languishing in the basement of Swedish Television.

Running Time: 1hr 40min‎‎
Genre: Compilation Documentary‎
Written and Directed by: Göran Hugo Olsson
Produced by: Annika Rogell, Story AB
Co-Produced by: Joslyn Barnes & Danny Glover, Louverture Films
Art Director: Stefania Malmsten
Edited by: Göran Hugo Olsson & Hanna Lejonqvist
Including appearances by: Angela Davis, Stokely Carmichael, Dr. Martin Luther King, Danny Glover, Harry Belafonte, Erykah Badu, Ahmir-Khalib Thompson, Talib Kweli

Currently playing in New York City at
IFC Center
323 Avenue of the Americas (6th Avenues)
(between West 3rd & West 4th Street in the heart of The Village)
New York City, NY
Official Website: ifccenter.com
Travel: A, B, C, D, E, F & M trains to West 4th Street;
#1 train to Christopher Street
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Lincoln Plaza Cinemas
1886 Broadway
(between 62nd & 63rd Streets)
New York City, NY
Official Website: lincolnplazacinema.com
Travel: A, B, C, D and #1 trains to 59th Street Columbus Circle
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Opens in California on Friday, September 23rd, 2011