Some information on REVOLUTION '67 and the film series

DISPARTIES AND MISCONCEPTIONS
A Film Series sponsored by America's Black Holocaust Museum, UWM'sCommunity Media Project, and UWM's Cultures and Communities

The Community Media Project (CMP) is an arts outreach program that wascreated by film faculty in collaboration with The Inner City ArtsCouncil and Great Lakes Film and Video (now defunct) in 1985. Directedby Portia Cobb, this program is an affiliate program of the UWM filmdepartment and the Peck School of the Arts. The mission of the CMP isto provide artistic programming and outreach for under-servedaudiences--at UWM and in Milwaukee's central city. We do this byoffering free film screenings and film and video workshops. Forliterally two decades, the CMP has provided programming that isdiverse and inclusive in its scope. Much of what we have accomplishedhas been facilitated through partnerships with community-basedagencies.

The "Disparities and Misconceptions" film series at America's BlackHolocaust Museum will highlight films that magnify struggles thatAfrican-Americans face in attempts to overcome disparities in accessto resources, often met with forceful resistance. Topics that thesefilms will explore include removal from one's land, urban revolt inresponse to racial injustice, and petitioning the government to retainone's resources.All screenings will take place at 7:00pm at America's Black HolocaustMuseum (2233 N. 4th St.--off 4th and North). Admission is free, but adonation to the museum of $5 for adults and $3 for students issuggested. Specifics of events are subject to change.

"Revolution '67" - Film and Discussion Thursday November 29, 2007 @7pm (co-sponsored by docUWM)
The American struggle with race, inequality, idealism, and power in the1960s is explored through the untold story of the riots that erupted inNewark, New Jersey, in 1967. What really happened is told through archivalfootage and from the mouths of the people who lived it. The filmmakersinterview the Activists (Tom Hayden, Amiri Baraka, Sharpe James) and thePower Structure (Brendan Byrne and representatives from the Police and theNational Guard). While points of view differ and the media may have fannedthe flames, it's true that 26 people died and many other cities soonexperienced similar disturbances. "Accurately and effectively captures themood, the pain, the loss, the ambiguity, the fear and the continuing impactof the violent unrest of the summer of 1967. This film helps us to remembera time that still inspires and haunts America." - Historian Lonnie G. Bunch,Founding Director, Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of AfricanAmerican History and Culturehttp://www.bongiornoproductions.com

A discussion will follow with the filmmakers, MarylouTibaldo-Bongiorno and Jerome Bongiorno, and James Criss of theMilwaukee County Sheriff's Department

There is no charge for viewing the film, but the museum suggestsdonations of $5 for adults and $3 for students. Running time for thefilm is 90 minutes.For more information, please call 264-2500