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Opening
Reception /Book Fair
Thurs Sept 29
7pm - 9pm
MLK Jr. Labor
Center 310 W 43rd St NY, NY 10036
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FYI! Theme: Remembering
our
Political Prisoners
Opening
night: Friday, September 30th 7:00-11pm 7:00pm- Voices of Political Prisoners 8:00pm- 41st &
Central (120 min) film maker & special guest 11:00pm- Program End The
Maysles Cinema 343
Malcolm X Boulevard http://41central.com/?page_id=221 41ST &
CENTRAL: THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE L.A. BLACK PANTHERS is the first part in a
documentary series that follows the Southern California Chapter of the Black
Panther Party from its glorious Black Power beginnings through to its tragic
demise. Despite the
Party’s formation of free medical clinics and a successful breakfast program
for children, the L.A. chapter was also known as the most violent Black
political group in the United States. 41ST & CENTRAL: THE UNTOLD STORY OF
THE L.A. BLACK PANTHERS explores the Black Panther ethos, its conflict with
the L.A.P.D. and the US Organization, as well as the events that shaped the
complicated and often contradictory legacy of the L.A. chapter. 41ST &
CENTRAL: THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE L.A. BLACK PANTHERS contains interviews with
former Black Panther Party members along with archival footage detailing the
history of racism in Los Angeles, including the Watt’s uprising from the
perspective of the participants who “engaged with the L.A.P.D.” 41ST &
CENTRAL: THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE L.A. BLACK PANTHERS is the most in-depth
study ever of the L.A. Chapter founder Alpretice “Bunchy Carter” and features
first hand accounts of the Party’s formation as told by the original
surviving members. This film gives the viewer an eyewitness account of Bunchy
and John Huggins murders at U.C.L.A. in 1968 and includes exclusive
interviews with Black Panther Party leaders Geronimo Ji Jagga and Elaine
Brown. Also featured
are former Black Panther members Ericka Huggins, Roland & Ronald Freeman,
Wayne Pharr, Jeffrey Everett, Long John Washington, Muhammad Mubarak, former
L.A.P.D. Chief Bernard Parks, US Organization member Wesley Kabaila, U.C.L.A.
Professor Scot Brown, and many others. Art of Sophia Dawson will be on display WE BELIEVE that all black
people should be released from the many jails and prisons because they have
not received a fair and impartial trial. BJ {William M. Johnson} *WE WHO BELIEVE IN FREEDOM CANNOT REST* http://www.commongroundrelief.org If your vision is for one year, plant rice~ If your vision is for 10 years, plant trees~
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