NEW ORLEANS, LA
Four Days - Five Events
MUSIC! DISCUSSIONS! SCREENINGS!
Hosted by New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park
and Community Partners
Sweet Lorraine's Jazz Club . . . Ashé Cultural Arts Center . . . Old U.S. Mint
~ FIVE COMMUNITY SCREENINGS & EVENTS ~
At the Women's March
January 21, 2017
This is what Democracy looks like - from our iPhone in Wasington, DC
[ Check out the Baldwin Poster, at 1:17 into the video ]
RHINEBECK, NY
Friday, April 21 - 9:00am to 1:30pm
FDR High School, Hyde Park NY
AP American Studies Classes (History & English)
Karen Thorsen will lead a discussion
with students and teachers
after the film screening.
We will use the opportunity to beta-test
some of our Baldwin Curriculum prompts.
TORONTO, CANADA
Thursday, February 9 - 9:00pm
Toronto International Film Festival
Cinematheque Special Screening
"Long regarded as the definitive film biography of its subject,
Karen Thorsen's newly restored documentary is a remarkable autoportrait,
a social critique and a passionate plea for human equality."
-- TIFF Cinematheque Program Notes
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Holyoke, MA
Wednesday, February 8 - 11:00am & 2:00pm
Holyoke Community College
11:00 AM Screening - One-Hour Version . . . 2:00 PM - Full Version
Followed by Discussion w/
Idelia Smith, Asst. VP of Diversity
& Director of Academic Administration
Karen Thorsen,
Director, The James Baldwin Project
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Pittsburgh, PA
Tuesday, February 7 - 7:00pm
Sembene Film Festival & City of Asylum Present
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Hartford, CT
Sunday, January 29 - 2:00pm
Hartbeat Ensemble Presents
The Hartbeat Ensemble Theatre Company in Hartford CT
Presents "Jimmy & Lorraine" - A Play by Talvin Wilks
About the Friendship Between James Baldwin and Lorraine Hansberry
Followed by a Discussion, Moderated by Frank Mitchell
(Director of the Amistad Center for Arts & Culture)
& Karen Thorsen (Director, James Baldwin Project)
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A poignant story about one of James Baldwin's
last encounters with the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
As told by Baldwin's friend, Turkish Actor Engin Cezzar
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Remembering Michelle Materre
March 11, 2022
Educator/Curator/Producer Creatively Speaking Film Series