Date: SATURDAY NOVEMBER 15
Time: 1PM - 5PM
Location: Express Newark
54 Halsey Street, 2nd Floor
HER NAME IS ASSATA
FILM SCREENINGS AND PANEL DISCUSSIONS
Join us for a moving people's memorial tribute to Assata Olugbala Shakur, presented by the Newark Chapter of Community Movement Builders and the Malcolm X Commemoration Committee in partnership with Express Newark’s Community Media Center.
The event will include screenings of acclaimed films, Eyes of the Rainbow (1997) by Gloria Rolando and Dare to Dream (2017) by Jennifer Wager, and a dynamic group of panelists sharing insight into Assata Shakur, Newark's relationship to her, and a Newark-centered history of connection to Cuba.
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EYES OF THE RAINBOW
Eyes of the Rainbow deals with the life of Assata Shakur, the Black Panther and Black Liberation Army leader who escaped from prison and was given political asylum in Cuba. In it we visit with Assata in Havana and she tells us about her history and her life in Cuba. This film is also about Assata's AfroCuban context, including the Yoruba Orisha Oya, goddess of the ancestors, of war, of the cemetery and of the rainbow.
Gloria Rolando is an Emmy-nominated documentarian celebrated for her compelling storytelling that centers stories of the African Diaspora.
DARE TO DREAM: CUBA’S LATIN AMERICAN MEDICAL SCHOOL
Cuba's Latin American Medical School is the largest medical school in the world, training nearly 30,000 doctors since 1999. ELAM as it is known in Spanish, also trains doctors from the United States. Follow the amazing adventure of American doctors trained in Cuba as they return home to the US to serve communities struggling with a health crisis in this inspirational film.
Jennifer Wager is a Newark based filmmaker, whose documentary film, Dare to Dream, is an award winning documentary about Cuba's Latin American Medical School, the largest scholarship based med school in the world. Wager is an Assistant Professor at Essex County College, where she directs the Communications and New Media Technology programs.
*Filmmaker will be in attendance.
Free to the Public. Lunch will be served.
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