Dumbo NYC

REELS and RHYMES is a new Urban Word NYC workshop which blends film screenings and open mics to initiate awareness and dialogue about social issues affecting today’s youth.

WHEN:
For eight weeks starting October 22nd from 3-6pm, we will alternate four film screenings and four open mics.

November 5: The screening will be Jails, Hospitals and Hip Hop with a guest appearance by Danny Hoch, a Brooklyn actor, performance artist and hip hop activist, who will speak about his career path as a writer/performance artist and his involvement wit the growth and evolution of hip hop.

November 12: Open Mic for performances related to Jails, Hospitals and Hip Hop

November 19: We Will Not Die Like Dogs: Screening of a documentary film profiling African AIDS activists from Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Uganda, and Zambia, followed by a discussion with Director, Lisa Russell, and African AIDS activist living in NYC.

November 26: Open Mic for performances related to We Will Not Die Like Dogs

December 3: Special Screening and Appearance TBD

December 10: Final Open Mic for performances related to any of the workshop film screenings.

December 10: 7-10pm. Special event to support Lisa Russell’s new film and spoken word project called “Myth of the Motherland” which is intended to confront stereotypes and biases of Africa and Africans.

LOCATION:
Retreat, 147 Front Street in Dumbo Brooklyn (Take the F train to York Street, walk one block towards the water and make a left.)

CONTACT:
To RSVP or if you have any further questions, please contact Lisa Russell at lisa@governessfilms.com

Issues: Economic Justice, International, Media, Politics/Government, Middle East, U.S./Foreign Relations, Media Literacy, Peace/War

www.urbanwordnyc.org
Contact: lisa@governessfilms.com