SEE: BLACK THEATRE: THE MAKING OF A MOVEMENT

Saturday, February 23rd, 3:00PM-6:00PM, Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement at Maysles Cinema, 343 Lenox Avenue and 127th Street.  Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement documents the birth of a new theatre out of the Civil Rights activism of the 1950s, '60s and '70s. It is a veritable video encyclopedia of the leading figures, institutions and events of a movement that transformed the American stage.

Amiri Baraka, Ossie Davis, James Earl Jones and Ntozake Shange describe their aspirations for a theatre serving the Black community. Excerpts from A Raisin in the Sun, Black Girl, Dutchman and For Colored Girls reveal how these actors and playwrights laid the basis for the Black theater of the present. will discuss his work in film and music videos.  Get more details and advance tickets on the Maysles site: LINK

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