(In)Tangible Cultural Heritage: Oral Histories - Moore and Patterson
Monday August 10th - 7:30PM
Brecht Forum
451 West Street, New York, NY 10014
The second program in our BLACK AUGUST series will be a study and celebration of the life and work of two African American activists: Queen Mother Moore (1898-1996) and Louise Alone Thompson Patterson (1901-1999). Contemporaries, Harlem residents, friends comrades and collaborators with Marcus Garvey, Langston Hughes, Nelson Mandela, and William L. Patterson, and most importantly, pioneering women leaders. Rest assured, our event is not about their famous male associates, but rather an opportunity to hear radical women speak for themselves.
BLACK AUGUST:
--Louise Alone Thompson Patterson: In Her Own Words - Louis Massiah, 2002, 18 minutes
--Queen Mother Moore Speech at Greenhaven Prison - People's Communication Network, 1973, 17 minutes
TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 35 minutes | Digital Projection
Discussion with:
--Louis Massiah, filmmaker, founder of Scribe Video Center
--Dr. Mary Louise Patterson, daughter of Louise Patterson
--Frances Villar, mayoral candidate, from the Party for Socialism and Liberation
Co-sponsored by Red Channels
Scribe Video Center
Party for Socialism and Liberation
Brecht Forum
(The Massiah film is available from Scribe Video Center.)