Jan. 11th Harlem DocWatchers Screening of Coming Home: The Dry Storm
DocWatchers will be screening Coming Home: The Dry Storm as part of an evening of three short films.
Coming Home: The Dry Storm. Directed by Michele Stephenson and produced in association with the National Economic and Social Rights Initiative (NESRI), Coming Home tells the story of Sam Jackson, a 52 year old resident of housing projects in the New Orleans and a survivor of Hurricane Katrina. The film explores how, after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, this somewhat reclusive quiet man becomes a passionate advocate for his community, reaching out to people in his neighborhood, as well as around the nation and the world to support the struggle for the right of his community to move back to their rightful homes.
When: Monday Jan. 11, 2010. 7pm
Where: Maysles Cinema, 343 Lenox Avenue (between 127th & 128th Streets)
Donations are requested.
Also screening:
Battle for the Hearts and Minds, dir. Shani Peters
Battle for the Hearts and Minds depicts a battle of words between historical black legends W.E.B. DuBois and Marcus Garvey. Relating elements of their documented 1920’s era conflict to later century hip-hop and hip-hop beef, the ongoing ‘fight” for social justice, and black disunity in general, the ‘event’ is present as a cross between a title fight and a rap battle.
No Ward dir. Terence Nance
No Ward is a short documentary about the forced migration
of New Orleans residents to cities in Texas. The film
juxtaposes the migrations that occurred as a result of
Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and Hurricane Gustave in 2008
Hope to see you there! For more information on this and other upcoming DocWatchers events, visit DocWatchers.com