Community Cinema at Harriet Tubman school

Group 48 is sponsoring three films (marked with a star below) in the Community Cinema series to be shown at Harriet Tubman school. Complete event details are listed below.

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The Harriet Tubman Leadership Academy for Young Women in partnership with ITVS/OPB is proud to bring Community Cinema to Portland. A series of five films will be screened monthly in the Tubman cafeteria at 2231 N.Flint Ave starting Friday, January 30th, 2009.

Community Cinema is a free monthly preview of the Emmy® Award-Winning PBS Series Independent Lens. Offered in 50 cities throughout the country, this event includes a one hour film screening, followed by a panel discussion that encourages dialogue and action around important social issues. Community Cinema connects communities with social organizations and resources, opening up opportunities for people to get involved in issues that affect their lives.

Come join this exciting community dialogue and spend your Friday night at the movies! Learn and get involved in important issues that affect your lives! Refreshments will be available for sale.

Please email Jyothi Pulla at jyotiraghu@yahoo.com or dschlege@pps.k12.or.us if you would like more information or would like to help with this event.

Screening in January: I.O.U.S.A: One Nation, Under Stress, In Debt.
Friday, January 30th, 2009 (7p.m.-9p.m.)
As the Baby Boomer generation prepares to retire, many experts warn that if we continue down this financial road, America will be flat broke in a generation. In I.O.U.S.A., Director Patrick Creadon looks at how America must mend its spend thrift ways or face an economic disaster of epic proportions. Don’t miss this timely film which will be followed by a panel discussion with an economist, government representative and a financial planner.

Screening in February: Tulia, Texas *
Friday, February 27th, 2009 (7p.m.-9p.m.)
In 1999 undercover narcotics agent Thomas Coleman executed one of the biggest drug stings in Texas history. Coleman and his drug task force arrested 46 Tulia residents-of which 39 were African American-on charges of suspected drug dealing. TULIA, TEXAS is the story of a small town’s search for justice and the price Americans pay for the nation’s war on drugs.

Screening in March: Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai *
Friday, March 20th, 2009 (7p.m.-9p.m.)
TAKING ROOT follows Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Wangari Maathai in her quest to reclaim her land and her culture through the disarmingly simple act of planting trees. This direct action has fostered community solidarity, environmental literacy, and political resolve that helped to bring down Kenya’s 24-year dictatorship.

Screening in April: Crips and Bloods: Made in America
Friday, April 24th, 2009 (7p.m.-9p.m.)
South Los Angeles is home to two of America’s most infamous African-American gangs: the Bloods and the Crips. In CRIPS AND BLOODS: Made in America, Director Stacy Peralta interviews current and former gang members, family members and experts to examine the conditions that have lead to the devastating gang violence.

Screening in May: Ask Not *
Friday, May 29th, 2009 (7p.m.-9p.m.)
ASK NOT is a rare exploration of the U.S. military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy. The film exposes the tangled political battles that led to the discriminatory law, and profiles charismatic activists determined to abolish it. As the war rages on, ASK NOT reveals personal stories of gay Americans who serve in combat under a veil of secrecy.

* Sponsored by Group 48.