BLACK AF FILM SCREENING: Black Theatre, The Making of a Movement

780 Joseph Avenue,Rochester NY 14621

25 February, 2022

Description

This film documents the history of the leading figures, institutions & events that transformed the American stage. Join us! Black Theatre: The Making of a MovementCalifornia Newsreel 1978 Genres: Documentary Duration: 1 hour 50 minutes Subtitles: English Availability: Limited + Show This film documents the history of the leading figures, institutions and events that transformed the American stage in the wake of Civil Rights activism. It includes interviews with Ossie Davis, Amiri Baraka, James Earl Jones and Ntozake Shange, and clips from many landmark plays and early community theatre up to 1970s. Post discussion will feature a panel of local Black Theatre Makers moderated by Thomas Warfield and inclduign Avenue Blackbox Founder - Reenah Golden, North Star Players Founder/Director - David Shakes, Maplewood Performing Arts Center Founder/Director - Reuban Tapp , Legacy Drama House Founder/CEO - Dr. Mary Bisbee Burrows and others. ------------------------- Cover photo description: 4 Black women from the 70s on stage looking focused, determined and powerful. Text reads: BLACK THEATRE: The Making of a Movement and details of the film screening and post discussion. Image: Dr. Barbara Ann Teer, a strong and graceful Black woman, center foreground, founder of National Black Theater, with the costumed all Black cast of one of her productions in 1970. Credit...Courtesy National Black Theater Archives Image: avenue logo in bold white text on a black street sign Founder/Artistic Director, Avenue Blackbox Theatre