Date: Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
This event does not require an RSVP.
The Black Candle: a vibrant documentary that uses Kwanzaa as a vehicle to explore and celebrate the African-American experience. Narrated by world renowned poet Maya Angelou, this film is an extraordinary, inspirational story about the struggle and triumph of the African-American family, community, and culture.
The first feature film on Kwanzaa, The Black Candle traces the holiday’s growth out of the Black Power Movement in the 1960′s to its present day reality as a global, pan-African holiday embraced by over 40 million celebrants. Filmed across the United States, Africa, Europe and the Caribbean, The Black Candle illuminates how the seven principles of Kwanzaa (unity, self determination, collective work and responsibility, cooperative economics, purpose, creativity and faith) are so important to African-Americans today. A question and answer session with award-winning writer/director/producer M.K. Asante, Jr. will immediately follow the screening.
Please arrive promptly for the beginning of the screening. Advance registration not required. For more information, please call 212-860-1370 or visit www.centralparknyc.org/socialhour.
This Harlem Meer Social Hour program is a part of the Conservancy’s Winter Holiday Programs. To learn about other free winter holiday programs in Central Park, please visit www.centralparknyc.org/winterholidays.
Posted on December 2, 2008 by D. Bell