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Sustainability Series: COOKED

Watch Trailer Director: Judith Helfand

 

Available to watch October 19th – 21st, 2020

Post-show Zoom discussion at 8:30PM on Wednesday, Oct 21st

 

How to watch

Watch free films from the Fall Sustainability Series lineup and participate in virtual discussions from home!

To participate, please register for each event using the registration below. An email will be delivered to you when the film becomes available to stream, containing a link to watch and a link to the Zoom discussion. All Zoom discussions will take place on Wednesdays at 8:30 p.m. Registrants will have access to films in advance, though we recommend viewing the films on the day of the panel discussion.

 

*Registration is now closed for this event.*

 

About the film

In COOKED: Survival By Zip Code, Peabody Award-winning filmmaker Judith Helfand uses her signature serious-yet-quirky connect-the-dots style to take audiences from the deadly 1995 Chicago heat wave — in which 739 mostly black, elderly, and poor Chicagoans died during the course of one week– deep into one of our nation’s biggest growth industries: disaster preparedness. Along the way, Helfand forges inextricable links between extreme weather, extreme disparity, and extreme racism. The inequities further illuminated by the Covid 19 pandemic.

About the series

Athena Cinema, University Libraries and Environmental Studies Program present the 8th annual Sustainability Film Series. For the first time ever, the series will be presented virtually.

In keeping with all previous series, each film will be followed by a panel discussion featuring faculty members, students and community members.

Please join us for a conversation following these beautiful, thought-provoking and timely films.

“These young people are saying we all have a right to know what is in the air we breathe, in the water we drink, and the food we eat. It is our responsibility to leave this planet cleaner and greener. That must be our legacy.”

— Representative John Lewis on youth climate activists, September 2019

The fall screenings highlight new releases and classic films that explore diverse topics with the central theme of racial and social justice. We choose films that engage and challenge the audience to integrate the information from these stories into their everyday life, as well as delve into solutions. Through the series we aim to bring together students, faculty and regional community members. The program recognizes the strength of this integration, coming together and learning from each other.

The series is possible thanks to the support of: Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs, OHIO Honors Program, Honors Tutorial College, Cutler Scholars, Climate Ambassadors,  Office of Sustainability, Southeast Ohio Public Energy Council, Center for Campus & Community Engagement, University College, and others.

Free admission and post-show discussion, as part of the Fall Virtual Sustainability Series.

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SHIRLEY: Last Day Thursday, July 30th

Watch Trailer Director: Josephine Decker
Cast: Elisabeth Moss, Michael Stuhlbarg, Odessa Young

This film is part of our Virtual Cinema Screening Initiative. When you rent SHIRLEY you are not only supporting independent film, but also supporting the Athena Cinema and our mission.

Click here to purchase your ticket to stream SHIRLEY.

 

About the film

Renowned horror writer Shirley Jackson is on the precipice of writing her masterpiece when the arrival of newlyweds upends her meticulous routine and heightens tensions in her already tempestuous relationship with her philandering husband. The middle-aged couple, prone to ruthless barbs and copious afternoon cocktails, begins to toy mercilessly with the naïve young couple at their door.

 

How to stream

For $6, you will get access to watch on any internet-connected device, including laptops, tablets and smartphones, AppleTV , Chromecast , and more.

After you’ve entered your payment information, your rental period will start immediately and last for three days.

 


 

If you are experiencing any technical difficulties with your rental, help is available to you directly from the distributor hosting your film:

While we encourage anyone having trouble to utilize these resources for quick, detailed resolutions for common issues, the Athena team is interested in hearing about your experience and will do our best to provide assistance.

Thank you for your support.

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Running Time: 107 min107 MIN
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A thrillingly perverse example of what happens when the shackles of biopic formula are cast aside.

Benjamin Lee
Guardian
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Sustainability Series: WE ARE THE RADICAL MONARCHS

Watch Trailer Director: Linda Goldstein Knowlton

 

Available to watch November 2nd – 4th, 2020

Post-show Zoom discussion at 8:30PM on Wednesday, Nov 4th

 

How to watch

Watch free films from the Fall Sustainability Series lineup and participate in virtual discussions from home!

To participate, please register for each event using the registration below. An email will be delivered to you when the film becomes available to stream, containing a link to watch and a link to the Zoom discussion. All Zoom discussions will take place on Wednesdays at 8:30 p.m. Registrants will have access to films in advance, though we recommend viewing the films on the day of the panel discussion.

 

*Registration for this event is now closed.*

 

About the film

A group of tween girls chant into megaphones, marching in the San Francisco TransMarch. Holding clenched fists high, they wear brown berets and vests showcasing colorful badges like “Black Lives Matter” and “Radical Beauty.” Meet the Radical Monarchs, a group of young girls of color at the front lines of social justice.

Set in Oakland, a city with a deep history of social justice movements, WE ARE THE RADICAL MONARCHS documents the Radical Monarchs – an alternative to the Scout movement for girls of color, aged 8-13. Its members earn badges for completing units on social justice including being an LGBTQ ally, the environment, and disability justice. The group was started by two, fierce, queer women of color, Anayvette Martinez and Marilyn Hollinquest as a way to address and center her daughter’s experience as a young brown girl. Their work is anchored in the belief that adolescent girls of color need dedicated spaces and that the foundation for this innovative work must also be rooted in fierce inter-dependent sisterhood, self-love, and hope.

The film follows the first troop of Radical Monarchs for over three years, until they graduate, and documents the Co-Founders struggle to respond to the needs of communities across the US and grow the organization after the viral explosion of interest in the troop’s mission to create and inspire a new generation of social justice activists.

Post-Show Discussion

Dr. Ryan Fogt from the Ohio U Department of Geography will be on panel with his Climate Ambassadors to discuss their work. The panel features many young voices, and the discussion will highlight their responses and actions related to issues of social justice. Stay tuned for more information on our panel. This panel discussion is generously supported by The Office of Sustainability, Climate & Sustainability Ambassadors.

About the series

Athena Cinema, University Libraries and Environmental Studies Program present the 8th annual Sustainability Film Series. For the first time ever, the series will be presented virtually.

In keeping with all previous series, each film will be followed by a panel discussion featuring faculty members, students and community members.

Please join us for a conversation following these beautiful, thought-provoking and timely films.

“These young people are saying we all have a right to know what is in the air we breathe, in the water we drink, and the food we eat. It is our responsibility to leave this planet cleaner and greener. That must be our legacy.”

— Representative John Lewis on youth climate activists, September 2019

The fall screenings highlight new releases and classic films that explore diverse topics with the central theme of racial and social justice. We choose films that engage and challenge the audience to integrate the information from these stories into their everyday life, as well as delve into solutions. Through the series we aim to bring together students, faculty and regional community members. The program recognizes the strength of this integration, coming together and learning from each other.

The series is possible thanks to the support of: Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs, OHIO Honors Program, Honors Tutorial College, Cutler Scholars, Climate Ambassadors,  Office of Sustainability, Southeast Ohio Public Energy Council, Center for Campus & Community Engagement, University College, and others.

Free admission and post-show discussion, as part of the Fall Virtual Sustainability Series.

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Running Time: 95 min95 MIN
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Goldstein Knowlton presents a vibrant view of the Oakland community, using radio news soundbites for context to track the organization's growth from the age of Obama and the shadow of Ferguson to the foreboding specter of Donald Trump.

Kevin Crust
Los Angeles Times
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Sustainability Series: TAKING ROOT

Watch Trailer Director: Lisa Merton/Alan Dater
Cast: Larisa Eryomina, Njogu Kahare, Leah Kisomo

 

Available to watch November 16th – 18th, 2020

Post-show Zoom discussion at 8:30PM on Wednesday, Nov 18th

 

How to watch

Watch free films from the Fall Sustainability Series lineup and participate in virtual discussions from home!

To participate, please register for each event using the registration below. An email will be delivered to you when the film becomes available to stream, containing a link to watch and a link to the Zoom discussion. All Zoom discussions will take place on Wednesdays at 8:30 p.m. Registrants will have access to films in advance, though we recommend viewing the films on the day of the panel discussion.

*Registration for this event is now closed.*

 

About the film

TAKING ROOT is a compelling documentary narrative about the first environmentalist and first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. In 1977, Maathai suggested rural women plant trees to address problems stemming from a degraded environment. Under her leadership, their tree-planting grew into a nationwide movement to safeguard the environment, defend human rights and promote democracy, and brought Maathai the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004.

Post-Show Discussion

Panelists for Wednesday night’s Zoom discussion include:

Edna Wangui, Ohio University Geography professor

Meg Gatonye, University of Mass Amherst PhD student 

Ann Bonner, SE Ohio Urban Forester, Ohio Department of Natural Resources 

Daniel Bell MoranEnvironmental Studies Graduate Student

 

About the series

Athena Cinema, University Libraries and Environmental Studies Program present the 8th annual Sustainability Film Series. For the first time ever, the series will be presented virtually.

In keeping with all previous series, each film will be followed by a panel discussion featuring faculty members, students and community members.

Please join us for a conversation following these beautiful, thought-provoking and timely films.

“These young people are saying we all have a right to know what is in the air we breathe, in the water we drink, and the food we eat. It is our responsibility to leave this planet cleaner and greener. That must be our legacy.”

— Representative John Lewis on youth climate activists, September 2019

The fall screenings highlight new releases and classic films that explore diverse topics with the central theme of racial and social justice. We choose films that engage and challenge the audience to integrate the information from these stories into their everyday life, as well as delve into solutions. Through the series we aim to bring together students, faculty and regional community members. The program recognizes the strength of this integration, coming together and learning from each other.

The series is possible thanks to the support of: Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs, OHIO Honors Program, Honors Tutorial College, Cutler Scholars, Climate Ambassadors,  Office of Sustainability, Southeast Ohio Public Energy Council, Center for Campus & Community Engagement, University College, and others.

Free admission and post-show discussion, as part of the Fall Virtual Sustainability Series.

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Running Time: 81 minutes81 MIN
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...presents an awe-inspiring profile of one woman's three-decade journey of courage to protect the environment, ensure gender equality, defend human rights and promote democracy—all sprouting from the achievable act of planting trees.

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MY DARLING VIVIAN: Last Day Thursday, July 30th

Watch Trailer Director: Matt Riddlehoover

This film is part of our Virtual Cinema Screening Initiative. When you rent MY DARLING VIVIAN you are not only supporting independent film, but also supporting the Athena Cinema and our mission.

Click here to purchase your ticket to stream MY DARLING VIVIAN.

 

About the film

In 1951, Catholic schoolgirl Vivian Liberto meets handsome Air Force cadet Johnny Cash at her local San Antonio, Texas skating rink. Their whirlwind summer romance lays the foundation for a feverish three-year-long correspondence while Johnny is stationed in Germany. Thousands of letters later, the two marry upon his return in 1954. Within a year, a career blossoms and a family is started. By 1961, Johnny Cash is a household name, number one on the music charts, and perpetually on tour. Meanwhile, only two weeks postpartum, Vivian settles into their custom-built home in Casitas Springs, California with their four young daughters. Plagued by bobcats, rattlesnakes, all-hours visits from fans, and a growing resentment toward her husband’s absence, Vivian is pushed to a near breaking point when she and her daughters are targeted by hate groups over her perceived race. In MY DARLING VIVIAN, we will meet the first Mrs. Cash as her daughters, Rosanne, Kathy, Cindy, and Tara, share with us first hand, for the first time, the entire story of love, isolation, fear, heartbreak, and survival.

 

How to stream

For $10, you will get access to watch on any internet-connected device, including laptops, tablets and smartphones, AppleTV , Chromecast , and more.

After you’ve entered your payment information, your rental period will start immediately and last for three days.

 


 

If you are experiencing any technical difficulties with your rental, help is available to you directly from the distributor hosting your film:

While we encourage anyone having trouble to utilize these resources for quick, detailed resolutions for common issues, the Athena team is interested in hearing about your experience and will do our best to provide assistance.

Thank you for your support.

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Running Time: 90 minutes90 MIN
Not Rated
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My Darling Vivian does an admirable job of recounting the story of a woman who was ultimately far more than just a footnote in someone else's life.

Peter Sobczynski
RogerEbert.com
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ELLA FITZGERALD: JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS: Last Day Thursday, July 30th

Watch Trailer Director: Leslie Woodhead

This film is part of our Virtual Cinema Screening Initiative. When you rent ELLA FITZGERALD: JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS you are not only supporting independent film, but also supporting the Athena Cinema and our mission.

Click here to purchase your ticket to stream ELLA FITZGERALD: JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS.

 

About the film

Ella Fitzgerald was a 15 year-old street kid when she won a talent contest in 1934 at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem. Within months she was a star. “Ella: Just One of Those Things” follows her extraordinary journey over six decades as her sublime voice transforms the tragedies of her own life and the troubles of her times into joy.

The film uses never-before-seen images and unheard interviews to bring Ella Fitzgerald to life and to tell the story of her music. – a black woman who makes her career in the face of horrifying racism.

Here is an Ella the world never knew – tough, thoughtful, funny, a dazzling musical innovator. The film also uncovers Ella’s commitment to the battle for Civil Rights; and it explores the conflicts that always haunted this intensely private woman: the struggle to reconcile her hunger for adoring audiences with her longing for a domestic life with her husband and son. At a time when she was the biggest singing star in the world, her pianist and friend Oscar Peterson said Ella was “the loneliest woman in the world”. But as Jamie Cullum says “her music is one of the reasons it’s worth being on this planet”.

Featuring interviews with: Tony Bennett, Jamie Cullum, Laura Mvula, Johnny Mathis, Smokey Robinson, Cleo Laine, Andre Previn, Norma Miller, Patti Austin, Izsak Perlman, Margo Jefferson, Will Friedwald and a rare interview with Ella’s son, Ray Brown Jr.

How to stream

For $12, you will get access to watch on your computer, phone, or tablet, or cast to your Google Chromecast or Smart TV.

You will have to register for a free Eventive account if you don’t already have one.

After you’ve entered your payment information, your rental period will start immediately and last for 48 hours.

 


 

If you are experiencing any technical difficulties with your rental, help is available to you directly from the distributor hosting your film:

While we encourage anyone having trouble to utilize these resources for quick, detailed resolutions for common issues, the Athena team is interested in hearing about your experience and will do our best to provide assistance.

Thank you for your support.

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Running Time: 89 min89 MIN
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A study of a much loved but little understood musical icon that was touching but also very funny. It was also great to see talking heads who actually knew what they were talking about.

John Lewis
The Guardian
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Sustainability Series: LUNCH LOVE COMMUNITY

Watch Trailer Director: Helen De Michiel

The Sustainability Series is back, and you will be able to participate from home!

Watch LUNCH LOVE COMMUNITY on July 15th at 6:30 p.m.

Join us for a free virtual screening of LUNCH LOVE COMMUNITY on Wednesday, July 15th, 2020. We recommend you start the film at 6:30 p.m. More details below. Registration is required to receive screening link.

Join the Zoom Panel Discussion at 8:30 p.m., Wednesday, July 15th

 

Event Details:

Registration is required. Access to the film will become available to stream for registered patrons 24 hours in advance of the Zoom discussion. We suggest starting the film at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday so it is fresh in your mind. The Zoom call begins at 8:30PM on Wednesday, though we recommend joining the call early to get properly acquainted with how Zoom works and test your connection.

Registration is now closed for this event.

After registering, you will be added to our participant list. The day before the event all registered participants will receive an email with a link to access the film and information to participate in the Zoom panel. 
Please note: As stated above, registered participants will receive email on Tuesday, July 14th. For registrants who sign up on the day of the event, our staff will work to ensure you receive your email with access info as quickly as they can, but note that it may take time to respond. If possible, please register in advance. 

 

About the film

How does a community of passionate parents, community organizers, public health experts, cooks, food zealots and politicians come together to create enduring and systemic change on the local level? How do multi-generational and multi-ethnic food system change-makers work with serious challenges to spark the political will into motion? How do we talk about health and culture, identity and responsibility through cuisine and nutrition?

Lunch Love Community is an episodic “open space documentary” that explores these questions through a mosaic of twelve short films looking at issues around food reform, health, community sustainability and citizen-based democracy. From 2010 to 2014 we created and developed a transmedia approach – from an online, interactive “watch and share” project into a completed and cohesive suite of shorts that interconnect and build upon one another. The shorts (ranging from 3 minutes to 13 minutes) zoom in on intimate and revealing stories surrounding school lunch transformation and cooking-gardening education, and zoom out to the broader social issues and consequences around these changes. The blend of children and youth, education and food ignites passions, creative energy and idealism: how we teach our children to eat and understand food is the embodiment of how we transmit values to the next generation.

The collection of 12 films included in PLAY ALL order:

We Hunger For… (8 min)
Justice, opportunity, connection, equity, friendship, respect, experience, community, knowledge, health, success, love – what do I, you, we…hunger for?

Flamin’ Hot (3 min)
What happens when a group of Berkeley 6th Grade science students burn a cheese puff and test the results.

The Parent Factor (5 min)
Against all odds, a group of visionary parents come together – through ups and downs in the 1990s – to organize and change the way Berkeley children would eat in school.

Wanda (3 min)
School lunch chef Wanda McAfee-Conart reflects in her job and how it connects her to the sensory environment and to her own family history.

Feeding the Body Politic (10 min)
Through struggles and controversy, Berkeley, California parents put the democratic process to work, one neighbor, one politician, one piece of legislation at a time.

The Whole World in A Small Seed (3 min)
In Rivka Mason’s school-under-the-sky at Malcolm X Elementary, children experience cross-disciplinary learning in their school’s garden.

If They Cook It They Will Eat It (5 min
Elementary school cooking teachers Kathy Russell and Brenna Ritch awaken children to the world through the food they cook and eat with one another.

Just Produce/Food Justice (13 min)
David and Johnathan are young African-American men passionate about their jobs managing a fresh produce stand in an East Bay “food desert.” Their routine and work for Farm Fresh Choice opens up the world and its needs to them.

Labor of Lunch (5 min)
Making from-scratch meals for 5,000 kids is hard work for everyone, and it happens every day at the Berkeley Public Schools Central Kitchen.

To Feed And Be Fed (8 min)
Ann Cooper is the tough, hard working chef whose convictions drive her to reinvent herself as a school reform activist. She takes on the professional challenge to overhaul in only three short years, the neglected and dysfunctional Berkeley school lunch system.

Imperfection Salad (5 min)
Charlotte Biltekoff is the author of “Eating Right in America” where she traces the food reform movements throughout American history. She questions socially accepted ideas about “good and bad eaters” and what those assumptions reveal about food, culture, and the struggle over moral values.

But Is It Replicable? (5 min)
Visitors from West Sacramento tour the Central kitchen and Dining Commons wondering what can make a program like Berkeley’s work for them.

Free admission and post-show discussion, as part of the Spring Sustainability Series.

 

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Running Time: 78 min78 MIN
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Lunch Love Community brings it all together. It reminds us that food is about housing; food is about jobs; food is about justice.

Ivy Ken, Associate Professor of Sociology
George Washington University
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PIONEERS OF QUEER CINEMA: Last Day Thursday, July 23rd

Todays Show Times: 5:05

Watch Trailer

This film is part of our Virtual Cinema Screening Initiative. When you rent PIONEERS OF QUEER CINEMA you are not only supporting independent film, but also supporting the Athena Cinema and our mission.

Click here to purchase your ticket to stream PIONEERS OF QUEER CINEMA.

 

About the film

These classics of early queer cinema, all way ahead of their time, come to Kino Marquee virtual cinemas for Pride Month in gorgeous new restorations.

Victor and Victoria (Reinhold Schünzel, 1933)
Produced in the final days of the Weimar Republic, this dazzling, gender-bending musical romance about a female singer posing as a man performing in drag received limited exposure in the United States, and is today best known by Blake Edwards’s 1982 remake and the 1995 Broadway production. Viewers will be delighted to discover that the original is every bit as charming and outrageous, reminiscent of the sly sex comedies of Ernst Lubitsch and Billy Wilder.

Mädchen in Uniform (Leontine Sagan and Carl Froelich, 1931)
As a new student at an all-girls boarding school, Manuela falls in love with the compassionate teacher Fräulein von Bernburg, and her feelings are requited. Experiencing her first love, lonely Manuela also discovers the complexities that come with an illicit romance. This artfully composed landmark of lesbian cinema – and an important anti-fascist film – was the first of just three films directed by Leontine Sagan.

Michael (Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1924)
Danish film master Carl Theodor Dreyer’s homoerotic classic is a mature and visually elegant period romance decades ahead of its time. Michael takes its place alongside Dreyer’s better known masterpieces as an unusually sensitive and decorous work of art and is one of the earliest and most compassionate overtly gay-themed films in movie history.

 

*Films are spoken in German with English subtitles.*

 

How to stream

For $15, you will get access to watch on your computer, phone, or tablet, or cast to your Google Chromecast or Smart TV. You can also download the Kino Now app for Roku or Apple TV (requires tvOS 9.0 or later) and watch the film there.

You will have to register for a free KinoNow account if you don’t already have one.

After you’ve entered your payment information, your rental period will start immediately and last for ten days.

 


 

If you are experiencing any technical difficulties with your rental, help is available to you directly from the distributor hosting your film:

While we encourage anyone having trouble to utilize these resources for quick, detailed resolutions for common issues, the Athena team is interested in hearing about your experience and will do our best to provide assistance.

Thank you for your support.

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Running Time: 280 min280 MIN
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I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO: Last Day Thursday, July 2nd

Watch Trailer Director: Raoul Peck
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson

This film is part of our Virtual Cinema Screening Initiative. When you purchase I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO you are not only supporting independent film, but also supporting the Athena Cinema and our mission.

I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO is available to purchase for $6.99, or can be bundled with WHOSE STREETS? and TONI MORRISON: THE PIECES I AM for $15. Proceeds from these purchases will support legal support and bail funds nationwide throughout the summer. Once purchased, these films will not expire and you will have permanent access to them.

Click here to purchase I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO for $6.99.

Click here to purchase the $15 bundle, including TONI MORRISON, WHOSE STREETS?, and I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO.

 

About the film

In this sobering and eye-opening film, Raoul Peck envisions a future where James Baldwin finished his last literary project, “Remember This House.” In 1979, Baldwin wrote a letter to his agent describing his project but 8 years later, at the time of his death in 1987, Baldwin had just 30 pages of the manuscript. I Am Not Your Negro is an attempt to finish this unfinished but important piece of literature.

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Running Time: 95 minutes95 MIN
PG-13 Rated
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It's an astonishing, often challenging and sharp examination of race in the United States, confronting how the country's history repeats and how Baldwin insisted we must remember, relentlessly question, remain conscientious and resist.

Durga Chew-Bose
Globe and Mail
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WHOSE STREETS?: Last Day Thursday, July 2nd

Watch Trailer Director: Sabaah Folayan, Damon Davis

This film is part of our Virtual Cinema Screening Initiative. When you purchase WHOSE STREETS? you are not only supporting independent film, but also supporting the Athena Cinema and our mission.

WHOSE STREETS? is available to purchase for $6.99, or can be bundled with I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO and TONI MORRISON: THE PIECES I AM for $15. Proceeds from these purchases will support legal support and bail funds nationwide throughout the summer.

Click here to purchase WHOSE STREETS? for $6.99.

Click here to purchase the $15 bundle, including TONI MORRISON, WHOSE STREETS?, and I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO.

 

About the film

Told by the activists and leaders who live and breathe this movement for justice, Whose Streets? is an unflinching look at the Ferguson uprising. When unarmed teenager Michael Brown is killed by police and left lying in the street for hours, it marks a breaking point for the residents of St. Louis, Missouri. Grief, long-standing racial tensions, and renewed anger bring residents together to hold a vigil and protest this latest tragedy.

Empowered parents, artists, and teachers from around the country come together as freedom fighters. As the national guard descends on Ferguson with military-grade weaponry, these young community members become the torchbearers of a new resistance.

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Running Time: 104 minutes104 MIN
R Rated
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Told from the perspective of activists, artists, and residents, Whose Streets? is a commemoration of and tribute to the humans of Ferguson.

Lovia Gyarkye
The New Republic
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