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SAGE Metro DC presents viewing of "Black Is...Black Ain't"
SAGE Metro DC's 4th Monday Series' Black History Month Celebration will feature the viewing of the film "Black Is...Black Ain't" on Monday, Feb. 25.
The event, cosponsored by AARP DC and The DC Center for the LGBT Community, will take place from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. at AARP, 601 E Street, NW, Washington, DC. Immediately following the film, there will be a panel discussion by members of the community. Light refreshments will be served.
"Black Is…Black Ain't," the classic film by Marlon Riggs, a brilliant African American film maker who died of AIDS. This Sundance Award winning film speaks on issues in the Black community regarding "acting white", sexism, patriarchy, homophobia, as well as family, the black church and multiple identities. In the film Angela Davis, Cornell West, Essex Hemphill and others talk about what Black is 1995. Our inter-generational panel will dialogue on what has changed and what's remained the same.
RSVPs requested to sagemetrodc1@gmail.com.
Published Feb. 12, 2013