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Movie Discussion

Choosen for our Oct 5 Movie Discussion are three documentary movies (x2 shorts & one 80 minute length). They are very different angles and experiences with a central theme of living in the USA as a black person.
You can choose to watch one, two, or all three.

The Barber of Burmingham (27 minutes)  http://www.pbs.org/pov/watch/barber/video-the-barber-of-birmingham/  Also can be streamed through Kanopy (free with SC library card) https://santacruzpl.kanopy.com/ In this 2012 Oscar-nominated short film, Alabama barber and civil rights veteran James Armstrong experiences the fulfillment of an unimaginable dream: the election of the first African-American president. An Official Selection of the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. Produced in association with American Documentary | POV. A co-presentation with the National Black Programming Consortia.

A Conversation With My Black Son (5 minutes) http://www.pbs.org/pov/watch/myblackson/video-a-conversation-with-my-black-son/ For generations, parents of black boys across the U.S. have rehearsed, dreaded and postponed ‘The Conversation’. But when their boys become teenagers, parents must decide how to handle discussions about race. In this short film originally published by The New York Times Op-Docs, parents reveal their struggles with telling their black sons that they may be targets of racial profiling by the police.

Herman’s House (81 minutes) https://www.pbs.org/pov/watch/hermanshouse/video-hermans-house/ Herman Wallace may be the longest-serving prisoner in solitary confinement in the United States — he's spent more than 40 years in a 6-by-9-foot cell in Louisiana. Imprisoned in 1967 for a robbery he admits, he was subsequently sentenced to life for a killing he vehemently denies. Herman's House is a moving account of the remarkable expression his struggle found in an unusual project proposed by artist Jackie Sumell. Imagining Wallace's "dream home" began as a game and became an interrogation of justice and punishment in America. The film takes us inside the duo's unlikely 12-year friendship, revealing the transformative power of art. A co-presentation with the Center for Asian American Media (CAAM).


When:
Monday, October 5, 2020, 1:00 PM until 2:00 PM
Where:
Zoom Online

Additional Info:
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