Black Miami Movie Night
Start: Tuesday, October 29, 2024• 7:00 PM
End: Tuesday, October 29, 2024• 9:00 PM
Location:Dear Eleanor•148 NE 28th St , Miami, FL 33137 US
Host Contact Info: taina@sustaintheculture.org
We're back! Come join us for our Black Miami Movie Night!
Bring your pillows and blankets to get comfy with us during our Black Miami Movie Night, with our local librarian @strangepursuits! We’ll be showcasing a selection of short archival films and have some discussions that highlight Black communities in Miami and the South, focusing on their fight for social justice and liberation, their deep cultural connection to the land, and the impacts made by Black artists.
In the spirit of Halloween costumes or festive clothes are welcomed!
There will be plenty of snacks!
Schedule:
7:00 Check in
7:15 Films Begin (with discussion in between)
8:30 End of event! Goodnight!
THE CREATION (1981.) 9 min.
From noted Claymation animator Will Vinton.
James Weldon Johnson’s famous spiritual poem is read by James Earl Jones and illustrated with a unique form of clay animation .Johnson was a writer, lawyer, and civil rights activist who was born in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1871. He wrote the lyrics for “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” which later became known as the Black National Anthem. The music was written by his brother J. Rosamond Johnson.
THE MATTER WITH ME (1971.) 19 min.
Follows the movement of a black 12-year-old boy from his impoverished home to the more affluent white area surrounding it. The contrast of the two worlds gradually frustrates him and he vents his anger on his baby sister’s doll. Filmed in the Coral Gables/Coconut Grove area. Monroe-Williams, 1971.
COCONUT GROVE (1974.) 28 min
Produced by the Junior Coconut Grove League of Miami, this history of Coconut Grove uses still photographs, interspersed with live action shots of present-day Coconut Grove. Documenting the earliest settlers as the Pent and Frow families, and after the Homestead Act of 1862, the Beasley, Peacock and Munroe families, its growth is seen with the development of black communities and both civic and social structures as the Housekeeper's Club and the Library. Incorporated as a city in 1919 and annexed by Miami in 1925, the area remains as a unique residential and recreational community on the bay.
Produced by the Junior Coconut Grove League of Miami, this history of Coconut Grove uses still photographs, interspersed with live action shots of present-day Coconut Grove. Documenting the earliest settlers as the Pent and Frow families, and after the Homestead Act of 1862, the Beasley, Peacock and Munroe families, its growth is seen with the development of black communities and both civic and social structures as the Housekeeper's Club and the Library. Incorporated as a city in 1919 and annexed by Miami in 1925, the area remains as a unique residential and recreational community on the bay.
Free Parking here 120 NE 27th St., Miami, FL 33137
*After you RSVP you will receive a video the day before the event with directions of how to get to Dear Eleanor from the parking spaces :)*
