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DESCRIPTION:\n	Sponsored by Time Warner Inc.\n	\n	Program total running tim
 e: 83 mins \n	\n	  \n	\n	Child of Resistance \n	\n	Dir. Haile Gerima. 1972
 \, 36 mins. 16mm. With Barbara O. Jones\, James Dougall. Inspired by a dre
 am Gerima had after seeing Angela Davis handcuffed on television\, Child o
 f Resistance follows a woman (Jones) who has been imprisoned as a result o
 f her fight for social justice. Gerima explores the woman’s dreams of libe
 ration and fears for her people through a series of abstractly rendered fa
 ntasies. \n\n\n	Preceded by: \n	\n	Brick by Brick \n	\n	Dir. Shirikiana Ai
 na. 1982\, 33 mins. Digital projection. With Lester Wakefield. Brick by Br
 ick documents a late-1970s Washington\, D.C.\, ignored by the media\, from
  which poor Black residents are being pushed out. Images of monuments cont
 rast with prescient images of gentrification and homelessness. An alternat
 ive is provided by the Seaton Street project\, in which tenants have unite
 d to purchase buildings. \n\n\n	L.A. in My Mind \n	\n	Dir. O. Funmilayo Ma
 karah. 2006\, 4 mins. Digital projection. A captivating montage of notable
  L.A. sites\, laced with free-floating names of places and people and acco
 mpanied by street noises. \n\n\n	Rain \n	\n	Dir. Melvonna Ballenger. 1978\
 , 16 mins. Digitial projection. With Evlynne Braithwaite\, Bernard Nicolas
 . Rain shows how awareness can lead to a more fulfilling life. A female ty
 pist goes from apathetic to empowered through the help of a man giving out
  political flyers on the street. Using John Coltrane’s song “After the Rai
 n\,” Ballenger’s narration meditates on rainy days and their promise of re
 newal. \n\n\n	The Dawn at My Back: Memoir of a Black Texas Upbringing (exc
 erpt) \n	\n	Dirs. Carroll Parrott Blue\, Kristy H. A. Kang. 2003\, 10 mins
 . Digital projection. With Blue\, Debbie Allen\, Ruby Dee\, Ossie Davis (n
 arrators). This evocative excerpt from the Labyrinth Project’s DVD-ROM\, b
 ased on a memoir by Blue\, leads viewers on a rich visual and textual expl
 oration of Blue’s family history\, and of the history of Houston’s Black c
 ommunity. \n	\n	\n	\n	Free with Museum admission on a first-come\, first-s
 erved basis. Museum members may reserve tickets in advance by calling 718 
 777 6800. For more information about becoming a Museum member and to join 
 online\, please click here. \n	\n
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LOCATION:Museum of the Moving Image
SUMMARY:Child of Resistance and Short Films
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