Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power
Hosted by Third World Newsreel, Documentary Forum at CCNY
In-person
When
Feb 15, 6:30 PM EST
Where
The City College of New York
259 Convent Avenue, Shepard Hall Rm 291, New York, NY, 10031
Price
Free Screening
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About the event
Third World Newsreel, in collaboration with the Documentary Forum at CCNY, will present a free screening of Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power (2022) and a talk with directors Geeta Gandbhir and Sam Pollard - in person! RSVP to Eventbrite for the February 15th 6:30 PM event! This will be at Shepard Hall, City College of New York, 140th Street and Convent Avenue. For more info: workshop@twn.org
Event Participants
Directors Geeta Gandbhir and Sam Pollard
Film Directors
About the film
The passing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 represented not the culmination of the Civil Rights Movement, but the beginning of a new, crucial chapter. Nowhere was this next battle better epitomized than in Lowndes County, Alabama, a rural, impoverished county with a vicious history of racist terrorism. In a county that was 80 percent Black but had zero Black voters, laws were just paper without power. This isn’t a story of hope but of action. Through first person accounts and searing archival footage, LOWNDES COUNTY AND THE ROAD TO BLACK POWER tells the story of the local movement and young Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) organizers who fought not just for voting rights, but for Black Power in Lowndes County.
Genre
Documentary
Runtime
1h 30m
Released
2022
Director
Geeta Gandbhir, Sam Pollard
Producer
Jessica Devaney, Anya Rous, Dema Paxton Fofang
Executive Producer
Jeff Skoll, Diane Weyermann, Fred Grinstein, Linzee Troubh
Crew
Henry Adebonojo, Viridiana Lieberman, Kathryn Bostic
About the space
#1 to 137th Street, ABCD to 145th Street and there is street parking. Light refreshments provided. City College does require registering your vaccine status to enter the campus buildings, please self-register by visiting: https://www.c4wrk.com/ytST2qjjBM6DGMWKAIf you are not vaccinated, you should wear a mask, otherwise, masks are optional.
School
Indoor Event
Wheelchair accessible