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From: "Panther Filmfest" <bpfilmfest@hotmail.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2001 10:24 PM
MEDIA ALERT:
ACCLAIMED ACTOR DANNY GLOVER TO SERVE AS HONORARY CHAIR OF INTERNATIONAL
BLACK PANTHER FILM FESTIVAL
New York, N.Y. February 22, 2001- At the gala fundraiser in Harlem for the
Malcolm X Museum, acclaimed actor Danny Glover announced yesterday that he
would serve as the Honorary Chair of the second International Black Panther
Film Festival. Both Glover and Kathleen Cleaver, executive producer of the
festival, spoke at the event. The 2nd International Black Panther Film
Festival will be held again in New York from May 3 through May 6, 2001.
This unique cultural event brings to the screen the dynamic spirit of
liberation youthful Black Panthers and Young Lords expressed. This year, as
well as returning to the historic Schomburg Center for Research in Black
Culture, festival events will take place at Columbia University's Miller
Theatre. On Thursday, May 3 and Sunday, May 6 the festival will be at the
Schomburg, (515 Malcolm X Blvd at 135th Street) and on Friday, May 4 and
Saturday, May 5 at Miller Theatre, (116th Street and Broadway).
The festival will screen recent films like "Public Enemy," "Voice of the
Voiceless," "Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind," and "Eyes of the
Rainbow," as well as those made during the sixties and seventies. The works
of directors from Cuba, France and Germany, as well as the U.S., will be
shown, including films about international resistance movements. The
festival will hold question and answer sessions with filmmakers, Hip-Hop
artists and members of the original Black Panther Party, and present
exciting panel discussions, including one on the international impact of
the
Black Panther movement and another on "Artists and Revolution."
Call 212 926-2550 for updated information, or visit the festival website at
www.pantherfilmest.com.
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