Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2011 10:55:17 -0500
From: Lesley Landis
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ChathamArts presents RACE in NC: Justice & Reconciliation Film Forum
Sat., February 26th in Siler City & Sun., February 27th in Pittsboro, 1-6 pm
No admission charge for Film Screenings and Discussions.
Complete Details: http://www.chathamarts.org/sustainablecinema
The “Race in NC: Justice and Reconciliation Film Forum,” is a continuation
of the ChathamArts Sustainable Cinema Series, designed to address African
American history, identity, culture, and social justice and racial
reconciliation within the context of storytelling and documentary film. The
two-day forum includes educational outreach, filmmaker question-and-answer,
and panel discussion. Five films, all related to African American life in
North Carolina, will be shown during Black History Month. This project is
made possible by a grant from the North Carolina Humanities Council, a
statewide nonprofit and affiliate of the National Endowment for the
Humanities.
SAT. FEBRUARY 26th, 1-6 PM, Jordan-Matthews High School Auditorium, 910 E. Cardinal St. Siler City
FILMS:
1:00pm “Greensboro Closer to the Truth”
3:00pm “The Trials of Darryl Hunt”
5:25pm “An Unlikely Friendship”
• PANEL DISCUSSION with Adam Zucker (Greenboro: Closer to the Truth); Darryl
Hunt (The Darryl Hunt Project for Freedom and Justice); Phoebe Zerwick
(Award-winning journalist featured in The Trials of Darryl Hunt); Rev.
Nelson Johnson (Ex. Director, Beloved Community Center.) Moderated by Diane
Bloom (An Unlikely Friendship)
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SUN. FEBRUARY 27th, 1-6 pm Fearrington Village Barn,
Hwy 15-501 N., midway between Chapel Hill & Pittsboro.
1:00 pm Grammy winner and Duke Jazz Program Director John Brown’s youth jazz
ensemble JAZZFORCE plays
FILMS:
1:30pm “Moving Midway”
4:00pm “Blood Done Sign My Name”
• Between films: Keynote Discussion with Dr. Timothy Tyson, author of Blood
Done Sign My Name and Senior Research Scholar at the Center for Documentary
Studies, joined by Godfrey Cheshire (Moving Midway.)
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This project is made possible by a grant from the North Carolina Humanities
Council, a statewide nonprofit and affiliate of the National Endowment for
the Humanities.
Thanks to our sponsors! WLHC-FM Life 103.1 • Fearrington Village •
The Inn at Celebrity Dairy
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COMING SOON: TUE. MARCH 29th – 7pm : Fearrington Village Barn, Pittsboro
“Show Up, Speak Out: The Public Life of Betty Ann Knudsen” –
Director/Producer Vivian Bowman-Edwards. A documentary film about
ground-breaking political activist, feminist, and former NC elected official
Betty Ann Knudsen. Now in her 80’s, she continues to be a role model and
mentor for women in public service.
Admission $5
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Chatham County Arts Council, PO Box 418 Pittsboro, NC 27312 • 919-542-0394
• www.chathamarts.org
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Lesley Landis
President, Chatham County Arts Council <http://chathamarts.org/>