Intersections of the Black Experience Community Dialogue and Discussion Series

Dates and Times for this Past Event

• Wednesday, Nov 27, 2019  6 p.m.
• Wednesday, Nov 20, 2019  6 p.m.
• Wednesday, Nov 13, 2019  6 p.m.
• Wednesday, Nov 6, 2019  6 p.m.

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Details

6:00 p.m. Every Wednesday in November 2019

Throughout the month of November, the library will highlight iconic cinematic features, highlighting specific intersections of the Black Experience. Each week, colorful conversations and dialogues dedicated to LGBTQ+ issues, Black Mental Health, The Black Church and Spirituality and Black Fatherhood will be explored. Come into the library, an experience awaits you! The Community Dialogue and Discussion Program is to promote scholarly usage of the library’s materials, with educational films and documentaries. These events are free and open to the public at 101 Auburn Avenue NE, Atlanta, GA 30303.

Queer Moxie
Community Dialogue and Discussion
6:00 p.m. Wednesday, November 6, 2019

As part of the weekly Community Dialogue and Discussion, the library will highlight iconic cinematic features, highlighting specific intersections of the Black Experience. Each week, colorful conversations and dialogues dedicated to LGBTQ+ issues, Black Mental Health, The Black Church and Spirituality and Black Fatherhood will be explored. Queer Moxie is a film celebrating the importance, evolution and daring spirit of queer performance art in Atlanta, Georgia-the capital of the South. Featuring Comedians, Drag Kings and Queens, Spoken word artists and Burlesque dancers, Queer Moxie is a behind the scenes look into queer performance art from the fringe to the mainstream. A true tapestry of artists spanning generations, these artists have inspired those once not able to see themselves represented. Featuring interviews, archival and performance footage, spanning 50 plus years, Queer Moxie presents a glimpse of those that have queered the stage and ignited social change. Queer Moxie is currently finishing its rounds of festival screenings across the country. This event is free and open to the public at 101 Auburn Avenue NE, Atlanta, GA 30303.

 

Home: It's More Than Just A Place
Film Screening and Community Dialogue
6:00 p.m. Wednesday, November 13, 2019

As part of the weekly Community Dialogue and Discussion, the library will highlight iconic cinematic features, highlighting specific intersections of the Black Experience. Home, which follows a New York City man living with mental illness, shows the important services social workers and other mental health care providers give to clients. In the film Jack Hall (actor Gbenga Akinnagbe from “The Wire” and “Nurse Jackie) is a courier living with a mental illness who resides in a group home. Jack is desperate to get his own apartment so he can rebuild a relationship with his son John (actor Judah Bellamy). However, Jack has committed violent acts in the past and his ex-wife, family, and doctors worry he is too emotionally fragile to live outside a group home. This event is free and open to the public at 101 Auburn Avenue NE, Atlanta, GA 30303.

 

Black Church, Inc.
Film Screening and Community Discussion
6:00 p.m. Wednesday, November 20, 2019

As part of the weekly Community Dialogue and Discussion, the library will highlight iconic cinematic features, highlighting specific intersections of the Black Experience.  Black Church, Inc. attempts to justify the dichotomy of the profits of prophets. It compares pastors who are seen as activists such as Rev. Taharka Robinson, Rev. Al Sharpton and Pastor Raphael Warnock with pastors who are criticized for being celebrity brands such as Rev. Eddie Long, Rev. Creflo Dollar, and Rev. T.D. Jakes. The documentary takes a deep dive into controversial issues clouding the church including love offerings (cash payments given to ministers), financial abuse and the deification of the mega-church pastor all while asking... is prayer-for-profit moral? This event is free and open to the public at 101 auburn Avenue NE, Atlanta, GA 30303.

 

The Black Fatherhood Project
Film Screening and Community Discussion
6:00 p.m Wednesday, November 27, 2019

As part of the weekly Community Dialogue and Discussion, the library will highlight iconic cinematic features, highlighting specific intersections of the Black Experience. In The Black Fatherhood Project, filmmaker Jordan Thierry leads viewers through an honest and essential exploration of fatherhood in Black America, providing historical context and conversation for an issue at the core of the Black experience today. Nationwide, 67 percent of Black children live in single-parent families, predominantly with their mother, a ratio that has tripled since the 1960s. This event is free and open to the public at 101 Auburn Avenue NE, Atlanta, GA 30303.