BAM Harvey will pay a tribute to the era that saw the black consciousness spread across the globe with a series “Say It Loud: Cinema in the Age of Black Power,” from August 17-30.“Say It Loud: Cinema in the Age of Black Power” will feature a set of memorable films that portray the life and times of the African American society between 1966 and 1981. A revolt that began in the mid-1960s, gave rise to a new form of parallel cinema that coercively reflected and worked to further the cause of African-American liberation.The films do not belong to particular genre and not targeted at a particular audience. Though the budgets they were shot on would differ, the crux of the message remained same in all films - that was to echo the voice that collectively demanded freedom and social justice.While some of these films were subversive major releases, some were realistic on-the-ground documents of the Black Panthers in action, whereas a few were hard hitting social portraits of the Los Angeles Rebellion. Some of the films to be screened are Black Liberation (aka Silent Revolution), a rare, powerfully propulsive call-to-arms Black Liberation—made in collaboration with Malcolm X. It will screen alongside a revealing interview with his widow and an early record of the Black Panther Party. There will be a panel discussion as well post the screening.“Wattstax” features Isaac Hayes, Richard Pryor, Carla Thomas, the Staples Singers, and other legendary performers who commemorate the Watts Rebellion in this concert documentary with a social conscience. In “Right On!, “ virtuoso spoken word artists/proto-rappers called the Last Poets take their radical message to the streets of Harlem in this time capsule of early 1970s black revolutionary thought.In “Learning TreeSun,” photographer-filmmaker Gordon Parks (Shaft) directs a visually striking, semi-autobiographical coming of age drama set in 1920s Kansas, the first film made by an African-American at a major Hollywood studio.“The Murder of Fred Hampton” is a chilling expose of state sponsored anti-black terror investigates the assassination of Black Panther party leader Fred Hampton by the Chicago police.“American Revolution” has the raw, you-are-there immediacy, where counterculture documentarian Howard Alk captures the society-shaking turbulence of 1968 as it played out on the streets of Chicago. “Amiri Baraka” depicts the influence of revolutionary poet and playwright Amiri Baraka, whose art was a call to arms for black liberation. “No Vietnamese Ever Called Me Nigger” is a jolting work of DIY journalism which captures the righteous anger of black anti-war protesters and veterans during a historic 1967 march on the United Nations.The screenings open on August 17, 2018 and run through August 30, 2018 at The Steinberg Screen, BAM Harvey Cinema, 651 Fulton St. Brooklyn, NY, 11217For details, visit https://www.bam.org/Click on the slideshow for a sneak peek at some of the films.http://www.blouinartinfo.com Founder: Louise Blouin
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