"There is no moral distance between the facts of life in San Francisco and the facts of life in Birmingham." - James Baldwin
(Note: Doors open at 5:30 pm, Film Program begins at 6:00 pm)
Join The Center for Political Education and the SF Bay Area Television Archive for a special 50th Anniversary premiere of the Director's Cut of "Take This Hammer." This 59-minute documentary features James Baldwin and noted Civil Rights leader Orville Luster speaking with Black residents of the Bayview/Hunter�...
"There is no moral distance between the facts of life in San Francisco and the facts of life in Birmingham." - James Baldwin
(Note: Doors open at 5:30 pm, Film Program begins at 6:00 pm)
Join The Center for Political Education and the SF Bay Area Television Archive for a special 50th Anniversary premiere of the Director's Cut of "Take This Hammer." This 59-minute documentary features James Baldwin and noted Civil Rights leader Orville Luster speaking with Black residents of the Bayview/Hunter’s Point and Fillmore neighborhoods of San Francisco, 1963. The film crew accompanies the men as they take a deeper look at the African American experience in what was considered America’s most liberal city.
The CPE and Bay Area Television Archive will screen the SF-Premiere of 59-minute Director's Cut, which includes footage of conversations with San Francisco youth that were considered too "incendiary" at the time and were never shown on TV. The "clean" version of the film first aired on February 4, 1964 on KQED.
After the film, local multimedia performance artist Anthony Julius Williams and The Iruke Project will present "Total Action: A Voice Orchestra in Four Movements," to be followed by an audience discussion facilitated by Alicia Garza, outgoing Executive Director of POWER. Current and former Bayview residents and prominent voices from today's San Francisco struggles against displacement and gentrification are invited to share their lived experiences.
The screening will be held in the historic Bayview Opera House and is co-sponsored by the San Francisco Bay Area Television Archive, the Bayview branch of the San Francisco Public Library, POWER (People Organized to Win Employment Rights). Special thanks to the SF Arts Commission, which has graciously assisted the CPE in crucial aspects of this event's production.
Doors for reserve ticket holders will open at 5:30pm. Reserve ticket holders should arrive by then to guarantee a seat. Reserve tickets will only be held until 5:45 pm, after which all patrons will be granted equal access to the limited number of remaining seats.
This event is FREE and wheelchair-accessible!
Delicious soul food will be sold by Auntie April's
Reserve your seats here: www.baldwinmeetsthebayview.eventbrite.com