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Black Now : An Artist Gathering

A powerful gathering of Black artists and community members coming together to connect, create, and envision a future where our artistry shapes the world we want to see. Through dialogue, collaboration, and shared resources, we will explore how we can harness our creativity to address social challenges while sustaining our artistic practices.

Where

Barnsdall Gallery Theatre, 4800 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA

When

6:30 PM

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Special Events Archives

We Want The Funk Screening & Dance Party

BADWest will kick off the 2025-26 season of its FREE community documentary screening series with WE WANT THE FUNK!, directed by Stanley Nelson and Nicole London. After the film, stick around as the funk vibes roll on with a lively reception featuring delicious food, and refreshing drinks and plenty of music to keep the groove going!

Join us for a special film screening of the gOD-TALK documentary on Sunday, October 20, 2024 at 1PM and 6PM at the Barnsdall Gallery Theater.

A film of our times, explores the intersection of religion and culture in African American history, providing a deeper understanding of the role of faith in shaping the African American experience and its impact on our world today.

The 6PM screening will be followed by a dynamic panel discussion with the principles of the film Kim Moir, Writer/Director; Tre'Vell Anderson, Journalist/Critic; Chavonne Taylor, Host/Producer/Trauma Educator; Nikkolas Smith and Teddy Reeves, Museum Curator of Religion at the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

An Evening with Sam Pollard

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 town with a vicious history of racist terrorism. In a town that was eighty 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. Film starts at 6:30 PM

Q&A moderated by Redelia Shaw

Center for Media Design (CMD)

Santa Monica College
CMD Campus,

1660 Steward Street, Santa Monica, CA 90404

(A big yellow building, the corner of Stewart and Pennsylvania Avenue)

Free parking available in the CMD Parking Structure, enter on Pennsylvania Avenue

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