Focus In! Film Series presents “Walls that Bleed”
Date and Time
Sep 19, 2017 6:00 pm
Location
450K
450 K St NW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20001
Sep 19, 2017 6:00 pm
450K
Join us at Busboys and Poets Focus-In! Film Series: Cinema for a Conscious Community for a screening and panel of the documentary Walls that Bleed: The Story of the Dudley/A&T Uprising
“Walls that Bleed” is a documentary film that chronicles the Civil Rights Movement in Greensboro, NC; the birth place of the world renowned non-violent “Sit-In Demonstrations” in 1960 and leads to the most successful student lead uprising in the history of the United States, better known as the Dudley-A&T Uprising of 1969. What started out as a simple Student Council election at James B. Dudley “all black” High School in 1969, quickly erupted into a three-day gun battle involving the African-American community defending themselves against local and national law enforcement. The purpose of this documentary is to fill in the missing pages of the Civil Rights Movement and recover the untold stories of unsung heroes and heroines that paved the way for future generations.
After the film please join us for a discussion and Q&A.
Free and open all! $5 Suggested donations.
Focus-In! Film Series: Cinema for a Conscious Community is a Busboys and Poets-produced monthly film series that screens films with a focus dedicated to social justice, peace, art, music, and/or community value.
