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Black History Studies in association with PCS Learning Centre have organised some amazing educational film screenings for June 2012, selected to inspire, challenge and to provoke serious thought and discussion. 

Please see below for details of our upcoming film screenings:                    

• Monday 11th June 2012 - Black Mozart in Cuba - UK Premiere           
  
   
• Wednesday 20th June 2012 - W.A.R Stories: Walter Anthony Rodney    
  
   
• Wednesday 27th June 2012- Black Wall Street: Before They Die!    

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BLACK MOZART IN CUBA 

  TONIGHT!   

 
UK PREMIERE  

Black Mozart in Cuba is a documentary dedicated to the life and work of Chevalier de Saint George (Guadeloupe; 1745-1799), an accomplished composer, violonist and conductor, an "athletic, musical and military hero who became a superstar" in 18th century France.

Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier de Saint-George (Knight of Saint-George) was born on Christmas Day, 1745, in the French-Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, to a enslaved African and a French colonialist. Saint-George was a breakthrough composer and violin virtuoso who came to be called "Le Mozart Noir." He became the first Black man to lead France's most important orchestras. Saint-George was also Europe's fine fencer, a master horseman, elite musketeer, infamous playboy and a colonel who led an army in the French Revolution. Described by poets of his day as a "French Hercules," a veritable Mars," and a "rival of Apollo," Saint-George stands out as one of the most extraordinary figures of the 18th century.

There will be a discussion after the screening. Bring a pen! 

 

This event will take place TONIGHT from 7.00pm to 9.00pm. 

Doors open at 6.30pm. The documentary will start at 7pm sharp! Hot food will be on sale.  

There will be an admission charge of £5 per person.  

Refreshments will be on sale.

The event will be held at the PCS Headquarters (CLAPHAM JUNCTION), 160 Falcon Road, Clapham Junction, London SW11 2LN, (3 minutes walk from Clapham Junction mainline station. Buses to the venue 35, 37, 39, 49, 77, 87, 156, 70, 219, 239, 295, 319, 337, 334, 345, C3, G1).

Places for the film screenings are limited so if you are interested in attending please reply as soon as possible to acknowledge your place. Please confirm via email info@blackhistorystudies.com how many of you will be attending this event. Please can you also notify any cancellations made after confirmation.

W.A.R STORIES:
WALTER ANTHONY RODNEY 

  WEDNESDAY 20TH JUNE 2012  

Walter Rodney Story W-A-R- STORIES trailer

W.A.R Stories: Walter Anthony Rodney is a documentary that covers the life of world renowned, historian, author, and activist, Dr. Walter Rodney who was assassinated on Friday, June 13, 1980, at age 38, in his native Guyana. It's a story of a man who dedicated his life, and ultimately, gave his life in the struggle for equal rights and justice. He did so through his considerable intellectual gifts and actual grassroots involvement everywhere he went. He went everywhere.

The people who knew him weave a tale of how they related to him and him them. In the process we see the growth of their friend, his ideology and how that changed over the years from his coming of age in racially divided Guyana through the cold war, the Black Power Movement, Pan-Africanism, Caribbean independence, and the idea of self emancipation. It's about the influence of places on him and him on places as evidenced by the riots in Kingston, Jamaica, his role in Southern Africa's struggle for independence and finally civil rebellion in Guyana where his life ended just a block from his birth-home. It's a film about us: all of us.

There will be a discussion after the screening. Bring a pen!  

This event will take place on WEDNESDAY 20TH JUNE 2012 from 7.00pm to 9.00pm. 

Doors open at 6.30pm. The documentary will start at 7pm sharp! Hot food will be on sale.  

There will be an admission charge of £5 per person.  

Refreshments will be on sale.

The event will be held at the PCS Headquarters (CLAPHAM JUNCTION), 160 Falcon Road, Clapham Junction, London SW11 2LN, (3 minutes walk from Clapham Junction mainline station. Buses to the venue 35, 37, 39, 49, 77, 87, 156, 70, 219, 239, 295, 319, 337, 334, 345, C3, G1).

Places for the film screenings are limited so if you are interested in attending please reply as soon as possible to acknowledge your place. Please confirm via email info@blackhistorystudies.com how many of you will be attending this event. Please can you also notify any cancellations made after confirmation.

BLACK WALL STREET:
BEFORE THEY DIE!  

  WEDNESDAY 27TH JUNE 2012  

It was the worst race riot in the history of the United States; however, most people have never heard of it. Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1921, in less than 24 hours the prosperous African-American section of Greenwood, also known as "Black Wall Street," was completely destroyed. An estimated 300 were killed and over 10,000 people displaced,  as a 42 square block area of their homes and businesses were burned to the ground by a white mob that had been deputized by the sheriff.

This documentary is the story of the survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot and their quest for justice. There are only 45 survivors still alive today.

 

There will be a discussion after the screening. Bring a pen!  

This event will take place on WEDNESDAY 27TH JUNE 2012 from 7.00pm to 9.00pm. 

Doors open at 6.30pm. The documentary will start at 7pm sharp! Hot food will be on sale.  

There will be an admission charge of £5 per person.  

Refreshments will be on sale.

The event will be held at the PCS Headquarters (CLAPHAM JUNCTION), 160 Falcon Road, Clapham Junction, London SW11 2LN, (3 minutes walk from Clapham Junction mainline station. Buses to the venue 35, 37, 39, 49, 77, 87, 156, 70, 219, 239, 295, 319, 337, 334, 345, C3, G1).

Places for the film screenings are limited so if you are interested in attending please reply as soon as possible to acknowledge your place. Please confirm via email info@blackhistorystudies.com how many of you will be attending this event. Please can you also notify any cancellations made after confirmation.