Shelter-In-Place Virtual Film Series

11/04/2024

Would prefer to abolish it all together but until then...
We look forward to participating in the positive transformational future of this process.
"Unlocked: A Jail Experiment"

26/02/2024

After watching "RUSTIN," and participating in the panel discussion. Join us tomorrow at CTTT in person and virtual event to explore more of what Hurston, Rustin, and Baldwin said and did to change the course of history.

After watching "RUSTIN," and participating in the panel discussion. Join us tomorrow at CTTT virtual event to explore more of what Zora, Rustin, and Baldwin said and did to change the course of history.

19/01/2024

Levar Burton, of "Roots," "Reading Rainbow," & "Star Trek" fame, learns that his paternal bloodline flows at least 3 generations in Arkansas, and that he is the great-great-grandson of Black Republican State Representative Hal Burton of Pine Bluff

LeVar Burton & Wes Studi grew up fatherless, haunted by questions about their family trees

17/11/2023

04/11/2023

Shelter-In-Place Virtual Film Series and Arkansas Peace and Justice Memorial Movement are proud to be the Arkansas sponsors of this national film screening and dialogue on the intersection of reproductive justice and faith. No matter where you choose to stand within that intersection, we must all decide that it is vitally important for us to converse with each other instead of yelling at each other.

"UNDER G-D: Breaking Barriers in Faith & Reproductive Justice," a powerful documentary from Paula Eiselt & Darcy McKinnon, follows legal challenges to Dobbs rooted in religious freedom. Join in for a special, virtual, impact event on November 14th and hear from powerful, religious voices advocating for reproductive justice in their places of worship! As well as media makers telling diverse, abortion stories.

RSVP now: bit.ly/undergd-rsvp

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23/08/2023

The Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel did not believe in collective guilt. Instead, he asked for repair, and for holding the post-World War II generation of Germans responsible “not for the past, but for the way it remembers the past. And for what it does with the memory of the past.” Other societies and communities have taken up Wiesel’s call—at the national level, South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission and Argentina’s efforts to prosecute Dirty War military leaders, and at the local level, movements like the Greensboro Truth and Reconciliation Commission in North Carolina and land back efforts in the Pacific Northwest. What comes after we remember, from apology and forgiveness to reparations and justice?

Benjamin W. Rawlins Professor of Communication Andre E. Johnson, Monument Lab co-founder and artist Ken Lum, and reparations leader Robin Rue Simmons join Zócalo and the National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis to discuss what repair looks like, and how different people and places have stumbled and succeeded in its pursuit.

Live from the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, TN: Rhetoric professor Andre E. Johnson, the Monument Lab co-founder and artist Ken Lum, and reparatio...

15/04/2023

11/04/2023

Can you imagine being convicted and sentenced to death for a crime you didn't commit? Join us for our next Independent Lens | PBS for the film Free Chol Soo Lee, Thursday, April 27 at 6:30pm. We’ll host a free screening and discussion that includes topics such as racial discrimination, wrongful conviction, social justice and more.

11/04/2023

30/03/2023

Last year's special screening of Lynching Postcards: "Token of a Great Day" was one of the most popular events we held all year. Many have asked for an encore screening so we are happy to announce that we have arranged once again to offer our supporters a special screening of the powerful and poignant award-winning documentary.

Lynching Postcards: "Token of a Great Day" offers a look at the history of lynchings in America as told through souvenir postcards featuring photographs of these brutal and sadistic murders.

From 1880 to 1968, over 6,000 African Americans were lynched at the hands of white mobs. Staged as public celebrations akin to picnics or carnivals, these lynchings were commemorated through the printing and distribution of photos and postcards that would ultimately be subverted by Black activists to expose racist violence in the U.S. to the nation’s leaders and to the rest of the world.

Lynching Postcards: "Token of a Great Day" was directed by Christine Turner and is a production of Firelight Films in association with MTV Documentary Films. The film was originally released in November, 2021.

The online screening of the 15-minute film will be followed by a conversation with two of its featured scholars:

Dr. Terry Anne Scott, formerly the Chair of the History Department at Hood College in Frederick, is now the Director of the Institute for Common Power. She is the author of the acclaimed, “Lynching and Leisure: Race and the Transformation of Mob Violence in Texas” (2022, University of Arkansas Press). Dr. Scott recently joined the board of directors of MLMP.

Dr. Yohuru Williams is Distinguished University Chair and Professor of History and Founding Director of the Racial Justice Initiative at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MN. The Initiative "focuses on supporting racial justice education, facilitating research, exploring community partnerships, and encouraging dialogue and critical conversations." Dr. Williams is currently finishing a new book entitled In the Shadow of the Whipping Post: Lynching, Capital Punishment, and Jim Crow Justice in Delaware 1865-1965 which will be published by Cambridge University Press.

The film was the recipient of many honors including an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Short-Form Series or Special, Shortlisted for Best Documentary Short Subject for the 94th (2022) Academy Awards; Nominee 82nd Peabody Award for Best Documentary.

Admission to the screening is free, but you must register to attend. We encourage you to consider making a donation to support important and meaningful programming like this.

A link to the event will be sent to all registrants the day before the screening.

Due to the disturbing nature of many images, viewer discretion is strongly advised.

Souvenirs of brutality.

28/02/2023

Day 28 of 28

Video: Let's Stop Talking About Diversity and Start Working Toward Equity, Paloma Medina

Paloma Medina challenges our paradigm of diversity in the work place and in society with this eloquent, humorous talk. We need to do a “find and replace” in ...

24/02/2023

21/02/2023

Day 21 of 29

Video: Implicit Racial Biases

You're not biased, right? This online test might say otherwise. We're not talking about extremists here, but ordinary people like you and me.

17/02/2023

Day 17 of 28

Film Friday - White Savior: Racism In The American Church- Despite the progress many see in the US over the years, it' become increasingly clear that the deep roots of racism and white supremacy continue to run through our political, cultural, and religious institutions. White Savior explores the historic relationship between racism and American Christianity, the ongoing segregation of the church in the US, and the complexities of racial reconciliation.

Despite the progress many see in the US over the years, it' become increasingly clear that the deep roots of racism and white supremacy continue to run through our political, cultural, and religious institutions. White Savior explores the historic relationship between racism and American Christianit...

01/02/2023

JOIN US TONIGHT!

Black History Month Kick-off Virtual Watch Party & Community Discussion

NEGROES WITH GUNS: ROB WILLIAMS & BLACK POWER

TONIGHT, 02.01.2023, 8:00 PM est / 5:00 PM pst

LOCATION: kweliLIVE TV

COST: FREE!

We are kicking off Black History Month with a free virtual watch party of the powerful documentary, NEGROES WITH GUNS. It tells the dramatic story of Rob Williams, the often-forgotten civil rights leader who urged Black Americans to arm themselves against violent racists. In doing so, Williams not only challenged the Klan-dominated establishment of his hometown of Monroe, North Carolina, he alienated the mainstream civil rights movement, which advocated peaceful resistance.

The screening will conveniently take place on our free, 24/7 live channel: https://www.kweli.tv/livetv at 8:00 pm eastern/5:00 pm pacific.

At the conclusion of the documentary, we will host a community forum that will allow viewers to discuss the film and legacy of Williams. You can join the "after party" conversation here. (Note: You must be a free registered users or current subscriber and logged into kweli.tv to access the conversation.)

While this event is free, we are asking people to RSVP. Those who RSVP in advance and attend will be entered into a drawing for a free 6-month subscription (or extension if you're already a member) and a kweliTV shirt from our merch store!

What's on kweliTV covering everything from documentaries, web shows, feature films, kids shows, animations, and much more

15/01/2023

Tufara Waller Muhammad at Highlander Center: “I think that Miss Dorothy would say right now, to me and everybody in this room, don't get distracted. You are powerful. You are on a continuum. You are never alone.”

08/01/2023

NDORH-AR2023 offers 19 FREE events (in-person, virtual & hybrid) over the span of 6 days that promote truth, racial healing and transformation. Read our e-newsletter to LEARN MORE: https://APJMM.news/Winter2023e-newsletter

The weeklong observance of 2023 National Day of Racial Healing in the State of Arkansas coming soon! APJMM TO LEAD 5TH ANNUAL WEEKLONG STATEWIDE OBSERVANCE OF THE NATIONAL DAY OF RACIAL HEALING IN THE

16/11/2022

Vision Maker Media announces its ninth biennial Vision Maker Film Festival, October 10 to November 13, 2022, in Lincoln, NE and free streaming online.

31/10/2022

Based on the 2000 tragic memoir by the late Edith Ware McClinton entitled "Scars From a Lynching," the 2022 radio theater play adaptation "Scars Brought Into Focus: The Silver Screen Of The Mind * Images * Memories" by Clarice K. Abdul-Bey and Ameria Jones tells the story of the McClinton family's c...

29/10/2022

After twelve years of retirement from the spoken word poetry scene due to PTSD from a traumatic event, Iapetus the 'Pataphysicist of Spoken Word returned to ...

28/10/2022

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Friday, October 28, 2022

Scars Brought Into Focus: The Silver Screen Of The Mind * Images * Memories
A true horror story based in Arkansas
(Radio Theater and Stage Play)
A tragedy written by the late Edith Ware McClinton and adapted by Clarice K. Abdul-Bey with co-adapter and creative Ameria Jones. Clarice is joined by local creatives into Edith’s memoir, which tells a story of her family and links the racist history of lynching and the death penalty. “Mrs. McClinton carries the credentials of a griot and the strength of a warrior, strong and brave enough to pass her horrific story on to those who need to hear and learn…”, excerpt from artist Cozetta Gray Guinn taken from Edith’s memoir Scars From A Lynching.
Tune in at 10:00 a.m. on KABF FM “The Voice of The People!” and listen on all of your podcasting platforms Monday, Oct. 31st on All Hallows Eve!
Press Contact:
Clarice Abdul-Bey
Arkansas Peace & Justice Memorial Movement
Convener
(501) 813-2673
[email protected]
www.apjmm.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Friday, October 28, 2022

Scars Brought Into Focus: The Silver Screen Of The Mind * Images * Memories
A true horror story based in Arkansas
(Radio Theater and Stage Play)
A tragedy written by the late Edith Ware McClinton and adapted by Clarice K. Abdul-Bey with co-adapter and creative Ameria Jones. Clarice is joined by local creatives into Edith’s memoir, which tells a story of her family and links the racist history of lynching and the death penalty. “Mrs. McClinton carries the credentials of a griot and the strength of a warrior, strong and brave enough to pass her horrific story on to those who need to hear and learn…”, excerpt from artist Cozetta Gray Guinn taken from Edith’s memoir Scars From A Lynching.
Tune in at 10:00 a.m. on KABF 88.3 FM “The Voice of The People!” and listen on all of your podcasting platforms Monday, Oct. 31st on All Hallows Eve!

Press Contact:
Clarice Abdul-Bey
Arkansas Peace & Justice Memorial Movement
Convener
(501) 813-2673
[email protected]
www.apjmm.org

22/10/2022

Please join us Tuesday, October 25 at 7:00 PM ET/ 6:00 PM CT/ 5:00 PM MT/ 4:00 PM PT for a special conversation in support of the film, TILL. I will moderate a discussion with Chinonye Chukwu (Director), Danielle Deadwyler (Mamie Till-Mobley), and Keith Beauchamp (Co-writer/Producer). This powerhouse cast will share their experience making the film and the importance of telling Mamie Till-Mobley’s story.

TILL is a profoundly emotional and cinematic film about the true story of Mamie Till-Mobley’s relentless pursuit of justice for her 14-year-old son, Emmett Till, who, in 1955, was lynched while visiting his cousins in Mississippi.

What: TILL - Zoom National Town Hall
When: Tuesday, October 25, 2022 at 7:00 PM ET/ 6:00 PM CT/ 5:00 PM MT/ 4:00 PM PT
RSVP: https://bit.ly/TILLTownHall

You will have an opportunity to ask questions and learn more about the journey of making this film! TILL releases everywhere on Friday, October 28. Don't miss this important conversation!

03/08/2022

Transform Films is thrilled to offer a limited screening of Descended from The Promised Land: The Legacy of Black Wall Street

29/07/2022

Join the Bertelsmann Foundation and the NYU in DC community for a virtual screening and panel discussion on, Barry Farm: Community, Land & Justice in Washington, DC. This is a Bertelsmann Foundation and DC Legacy Project Film directed by Sabiyha Prince and Samuel George, who will take part in the post-film conversation. Joining them on this panel is NYU DC's Academic Fellow and Part-Time Lecturer, Vicky Kiechel.

Take a left off of the Anacostia Freeway on to Firth Sterling Ave in Southeast DC–what do you see? You see empty fields. You see shiny new buildings just breaking ground. Construction equipment. Sweeping views of the capital. As one community member states in this film, if you are a developer, you see a gold mine. But these empty fields hold powerful memories. Enslaved people once worked this land. Later, during Reconstruction, formerly enslaved individuals purchased it, and built one of DC’s first thriving Black communities.

Here, the city constructed a sprawling public housing complex in the 1940s, beloved by insiders, if notorious to outsiders. Here, the movement for Welfare Rights took shape. Here, the Junkyard Bandhoned its chops on homemade instruments before putting a turbocharge into the city’s Go-Go music. Here, residents lived in the Barry Farms Dwellings up until 2019, when the final community members were removed for the redevelopment.

This documentary film, a collaboration between the Bertelsmann Foundation and the DC Legacy Project, tells a story of a journey for community, land, and for justice. It is a story of Barry Farm, but it is also a story of Washington, DC. And, in the cycles of place and displacement, it is a story of the United States of America.

https://nyu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_oa1UKsChSbueVEdco-aCRg

Join the Bertelsmann Foundation and the NYU in DC community for a virtual screening and panel discussion on, Barry Farm: Community, Land & Justice in Washington, DC. This is a Bertelsmann Foundation and DC Legacy Project Film directed by Sabiyha Prince and Samuel George, who will take part in the po...