cinéSPEAK presents In Process with Vernon Jordan III

4951 Walnut Street,Philadelphia PA 19139

10 November, 2022

Description

Join us for an intimate communing featuring a masterclass x in-conversation with Vernon Jordan III, filmmaker and cinéSPEAK’s Asst. Dir of Programs. This event will feature a screening of Jordan’s 2022 short, One Magenta Afternoon. Jordan will be in-conversation with Jaz Riley. **EVENT FLOW: DOORS @ 6:30PM CONVERSATION & SCREENING @ 7:00PM — **THIS EVENT IS INDOORS** Masks are required. **SEATING IS INCREDIBLY LIMITED** Advanced registration is highly encouraged. — **TICKETS** GENERAL ADMISSION: $10 (recommended) —No one will be turned away for lack of funds. If you cannot afford the suggested price, no stress! No one is ever turned away for lack of funds. please pay-what-you-can in the corresponding field. **DONATIONS ARE GREATLY APPRECIATED!** Every penny helps. Support our efforts to launch a brick-and-mortar indie / art house cinema in West Philadelphia. — ABOUT THE ARTISTS: —Vernon Jordan III: Vernon Jordan, III is a Philly-born ‘n raised writer, filmmaker, and poet. As an Afrofuturist, he reflects and expands upon African American memories, dreams, hauntings, queer kinship, and intimate fluidity; his priority is the merging of the visual and the musical: a Visual Lyricist, as it were. Vernon is a professor of screenwriting at Moore College of Art & Design. —Jaz Riley: Jaz Riley is a southern raised writer, activist, and researcher devoted to living, creating, and revealing the beauty of Black life. They are a Ph.D. student at Yale University studying disaster, gender and Blackness. — ABOUT THE VENUE — Paul Robeson House & Museum: In an ordinary neighborhood in the middle of West Philadelphia is The Paul Robeson House where an extraordinary man lived. Located at 4951 Walnut Street, it is one of three identical twin houses designed in 1907 by nationally renowned Philadelphia architect E. Allen Wilson and constructed in 1911. The House was purchased in 1959 by Paul Robeson’s sister Marian R. Forsythe, and became the residence of the acclaimed scholar, athlete, performer and human rights activist during the last 10 years of his life before his death in 1976. Today, this former home of Paul Leroy Robeson, Esq., owned and operated by the West Philadelphia Cultural Alliance (WPCA) since 1994, has become an historic site of national prominence. The primary mission of The Paul Robeson House is to heighten awareness of the life, legacy and philosophy of Paul Robeson and his historical significance to the Philadelphia region, the state of Pennsylvania, the nation and the world. Parking: Street parking is limited and, thus, not guaranteed. We recommend taking public and/or Uber or Lyft. Learn More: www.paulrobesonhouse.org@RobesonHousePHL (Twitter; Facebook) — **COVID-19 SAFETY MEASURES WILL BE IN PLACE** —SEATING CAPACITY IS LIMITED TO 25 PEOPLE. We strongly recommend advance ticket purchase. Once we reach capacity, we cannot guarantee that any additional tickets will be issued. —MASK WEARING IS REQUIRED IN INDOOR SPACES —FEEL UNWELL? BEEN IN CONTACT WITH SOMEONE WHO TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19? PLEASE STAY HOME. Again—if you have been in contact with someone diagnosed with Covid up to 14 days before the event...please stay home. —IF AFTER ATTENDING OUR EVENT, you test positive for COVID-19 (within 10 days of attendance), please email us at [email protected] —GOT QUESTIONS?? Hit us up: [email protected] — ABOUT CINÉSPEAK: We are a Philadelphia-based cinema organization that engages diverse audiences through our independent, repertory and foreign film programming; creating space and centering the stories of individuals and communities that are often underrepresented in mainstream cinema. We promote community togetherness and global understanding by engaging film enthusiasts while cultivating the next generation of discerning moviegoers; encouraging people to demand social justice both on-screen and throughout society. FOLLOW THE JOURNEY--> www.cineSPEAK.org @cineSPEAK (Instagram; Twitter; Facebook) STAY IN THE LOOP—> https://bit.ly/cinéSPEAKMail