Public Programs Calendar

A FILM CRITIC TALKS ABOUT MOVIES

Ernest Hardy will discuss what inspires him to ink a favorable review and examine the films Monster's Ball, Rize, Ghost Dog, Madame Sata, Antwone Fisher, and Raising Victor Vargas. A member of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, Hardy has been a juror for the Sundance Film Festival, the San Francisco International Film Festival, the Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films and Outfest. His critiques appear in the Los Angeles Weekly, the Los Angeles Times, Vibe, the New York Times, Rolling Stone and the Source as well as the reference book “1,001 Movies You Must See Before You Die”. Two collections of his writings have been published by Redbone Press: “Blood Beats: Vol. 1” and the soon-to-be-released “Blood Beats: Vol. 2.”

Admission $10.

Going Into Exile

2006 l 24 min. l South Africa l Northern California Premiere

Three sisters, Jeanette Ndlovu, Thandi Ndlovu and Granny (Ndlovu) Seape went into exile because of the Apartheid system in South Africa killed their brother.

They were determined to seek revenge by overthrowing the white regime. This is the first film ever to give insight into the death of Hastings Ndlovu, the first victim of the June 1976 uprisings.

Masizakhe: Let Us Build Together

Directors: Angelica Macklin and Scott Macklin

2006 | 67 min. | South Africa | Northern California Premiere

Although banned in 1994, apartheid is still a reality in South Africa today. This film highlights the efforts of cultural activists who are rebuilding a nation that has been physically and psychologically scarred. The youth who have inherited South Africa are using their cultural voices as instruments of change.

Sponsored by the South African Consulate

Quilombo Country

Director: Leonard Abrams

2006 |USA |Brazil | 73 min. | West Coast Premiere

Although Brazil began as a gulag of deadly slave camps, thousands escaped while others forced out the plantation owners. Many of their communities, known as quilombos, survive today. Rare footage of Umbanda and Pajé ceremonies and festivals of the Mast and Boi Bumba is included. Narrated by Chuck D of Public Enemy.

Admission $10

Book reading and discussion.

Join author China Galland as she shares the story about, Love Cemetery. When China visited her childhood hometown in East Texas, she learned of an unmarked cemetery for slaves-Love Cemetery. Her struggle to help restore the cemetery uncovers racial wounds that have never completely healed.