KCCS Black History Month Screenings: James Baldwin

When:Wednesday February 16, 2011
Time:8pm
Where:Unnameable Books
600 Vanderbilt Ave.
Brooklyn, NY
Cost:Free

From KCCS:

Celebrate with the Kings County Cinema Society as they present another special Black History Month screening. They will be screening James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket.

JAMES BALDWIN: THE PRICE OF THE TICKET (1990, 87min) traces the life of the major 20th century American author, Civil Rights activist and, for two crucial decades, a prophetic voice ca…lling Americans, black and white, to confront their shared racial tragedy. “…captures on film the passionate intellect and courageous writing of a man who was born black, impoverished, gay and gifted. Featuring writers Maya Angelou, Amiri Baraka, Ishmael Reed, William Styron and biographer David Leeming…The film skillfully links excerpts from Baldwin’s major books – Go Tell it on the Mountain, Notes of a Native Son, Another Country, The Fire Next Time, Blues for Mister Charlie – to different stages in Black-white dialogue and conflict.”  “A brilliant film which magnificently evokes Baldwin’s spirit” -Henry Louis Gates Jr., Harvard University

*Followed by TAKE THIS HAMMER (1963, 44min). KQED News mobile film unit follows Baldwin in the spring of 1963 on a tour of San Francisco to meet with members of the local African-American community.

**Seating will be very limited. It is recommended that you arrive early for this one.
***Drinks at Soda Bar directly across the street afterwards.