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Quite a few quality films and videos are offered as part
of the 1998 National Black Arts Festival's ArtReach program. The films range
in topic from histories of the civil rights movements to African shorts
to folktales translated to video. All showings are free; reservations are
required for groups of five or more. Fihns will be shown at the Atlanta
Convention & Visitors Bureau at Underground Atlanta, 65 Upper Alabama
St. (comer of Pryor and Alabama).
I I a.m. Monday, July 13: "Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights
Years, 1954-65" [Episode 1: Awakenings (1954-56) (60 minutes)]. Discusses
events during the civil rights movement.
2 p.m. Monday, July 13: "The Greedy Child" (Senegal, 26 minutes).
The story of a boy named Joomay who runs away from home and is captured
by a giant.
Followed by "Brother Future" (120 minutes), the story of a teenager
who is transported from modem times into slavery.
1 1 a.m. Tuesday, July 14: "Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights
Years, 1954-65" [Episode 2: Fighting Back (1957-62) (60 minutes)].
Discusses confrontations during the civil rights movement.
2 p.m. Tuesday, July 14: "The Beggar of Soutile" (Ivory Coast,
26 minutes). A tale about a man named Balou who decided to help an old beggar.
Followed by "And the Children Shall Lead" (58 minutes), about
the civil rights movement as seen through the eyes of a 12-year-old girl;
Then followed by "The Mighty Pawns" (58 minutes); a maverick teacher
takes four urban students off the streets and introduces them to chess.
1 1 a.m. Wednesday, July 15: "Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights
Years, 1954-65" [Episode 3: Ain't Scared of Your Jails (1960-61) (60
minutes)]. Covers lunch counter sit-ins during the Kennedy and Nixon presidential
race, formation of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Conmiittee and the
Freedom Rides of 1961.
2 p.m. Wednesday, July 15: "How Samba Became Viceroy" (Mali, 26
minutes); the story of Samba and the legacy of Secret Wisdom; four braids,
each representing great truth.
Followed by "The House of Dies Drear" (I 16 minutes), a ghost
story that reaches back to the days of slavery and the Underground Railroad.
1 1 a.m. Thursday, July 16: "Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights
Years, 1954-65" [Episode 4: No Easy Walk (1961-63) (60 minutes)]. Discusses
the successes and failures of nonviolent protest tactics during the civil
rights movement.
2 p.m. Thursday, July 16: "The Lesson of the Three Thieves" (Gambia,
26 minutes); a tale of two thieves that are planning to steal the jewels
of their friend.
Followed by "Charlotte Forten's Mission" (I 16 minutes); the true
story of a free Black woman's determination to give newly freed children
a better life in a country tom apart by the Civil War.
I I a.m. Friday, July 17: "Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights
Years, 1954-65" [Episode 5: Mississippi: Is This America? (1962-64)
(60 minutes)]. Discusses how Mississippi became a focal point and a testing
ground of Constitutional principles during the civil rights movement.
2 p.m. Friday, July 17: "Zajota and the Boogie Spirit" (20 minutes);
a folk tale that examines the relationship that Black people have with African
rhythms, dance and the environment.
Followed by "Sankofa" (125 minutes); about the transformation
of a self-possessed African-American woman named Mona during the period
of slavery.
I I a.m. Saturday, July 18: "Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights
Years, 1954-65" [Episode 6: Bridge to Freedom (1 965) (60 minutes)].
Documents the civil rights protestors' march from Selma to Montgomery.
2 p.m. Saturday, July 18: "Zajota and the Boogie Spirit" (20 minutes);
see annotation above.
Followed by "Everyone's Child" (Zimbabwe, 90 minutes); a story
of four children that are orphaned because their parents died of AIDS.
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