Yeharerwerk Gashaw
BLACK CINEMATHEQUE DALLAS
and the South Dallas Cultural Center
As the nation reflects on the contributions of women to American society, Black Cinematheque Dallas joins the SDCC asking the question."What is the image of the Black woman in the media and how can Black women control it?".
Miss Lizzie Devine by James Ransom & Cherie Johnson: 3 min.
Free Films for Youth
18th Annual Black Women's
18th Annual Black Women's
Film Festival
Black Women’s History
March is Women’s History Month
Join us in Celebrating
Since its inception in the early twentieth century, (International Women’s Day) now called Women’s History Month has been rooted in the struggle for economic justice, growing out of local demonstrations by women workers demanding shorter hours, better pay, voting rights, peace, as well as, an end to poverty, hunger and white supremacy.
As the nation reflects on the contributions of women to American society, Black Cinematheque Dallas joins the SDCC asking the question."What is the image of the Black woman in the media and how can Black women control it?".
Miz Marilyn Clark
Let's Rock Black History Every Day
Film Festival Schedule
Friday, March 16, 2012 7:30PM
Sonia Sanchez:Shake Loose Memories by Jamal Joseph 60 min.
Sonia Sanchez- poetry icon, professor emeritus at Temple University, mother, co founder of the Black Arts Movement, pioneer of the Black studies program at San Francisco State, and tireless fighter for human rights. She is a stuttering child from Alabama, abused step-daughter from Harlem, single mother struggling to raise her children, an artist, & a revolutionary battling oppression on all front
Miss Lizzie Devine by James Ransom & Cherie Johnson: 3 min.
Miss Lizzie Devine a powerful and loving Sunday school teacher goes door to door and picks up children for Sunday school—willingly or unwillingly. Say Amen, Somebody.
Girls Like Me by Kiri Davis 8 min.
What messages does our society give African American children about their value and worth as human beings? In her documentary, A Girl Like Me, 16 year old filmmaker Kiri Davis conducts interviews with her peers to explore the impact and consequences of corporate messages about identity, culture and history.
Sat. Morning March 17, 2012 10AM-1 PM
Free Films for Youth
A morning of images on film and in the gallery along with cultural activities designed for our youth.Margaret Taylor Burroughs in her poem penned in 1968 asked "What Shall I Tell My Children Who are Black?" and in 2012 we are still asking the same question.
We will explore the power of derogatory words aimed at Black females and examine how these words are used daily in sports, TV commercials, cartoons, reality shows, in our homes, and on the street. In a society where artists are glorified for being gunned down, women admired for being naked while dancing on a pole and our children quoting lyrics to songs of death, how do we snatch our youth from the demons of corporate & street marketing?
Harriet Returns by Tamu Favorite: 8 mins.
Harriet Returns urgently returns to modern times to emancipate two young wanna-be rappers Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories About Me: 5 mins.Did you know that nobody else in the world is just like you? 
Breakin' In: The Making of a Hip Hop Dancer by Elizabeth St. Philip: 60 mins. This film goes behind the scenes to find the truth behind the highly sexualized images of women on tv/film. Saturday Night, March 17, 2012 7:30 PM
Producers by Carmen Scott, Lenny Payan: 18 mins.
Danielle feels like the littlest person in the room. Her job as the script coordinator for a wildly popular television drama sounds exciting, but with a job description of "copy, collate, repeat," she doesn't quite agree. When producers introduce plans to shoot an ill-conceived "urban" episode of the show, Danielle finally feels compelled to use her voice.
Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock: 60 mins.The education of African American children has always been an important issue for the Black community. Today parents are still struggling to give their childrean a 'quality education' and teachers continue to seek fair compensation and a voice in the educational process. All across the country public schools are closing, budgets are being cut while testing and charter schools are all the rage. 
Back in 1957, the education system was a ball of confusion when a Black woman named Daisy Bates stepped forward. Mrs. Daisy Bates was a complex, unconventional(not scared), and largely forgotten heroine of the civil rights movement who led the charge to desegregate the all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957 . Can you say Little Rock 9?
In an age when portrayals of women in the media seem to have taken a dramatic leap backwards, films like Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock represent a much needed change of pace. We only get these images from independent media filmmakers who have a world view that does not aspire for Hollywood. It’s 2012 and the struggle continues! WHERE: South Dallas Cultural Center 3400 S. Fitzhugh Street South Dallas, Texas 75210 Admission: $10 nightly; Saturday Morning FREE For a complete listing of all events celebrating Black Women's Month at the South Dallas Cultural Center check out http://www.dallasculture.org/SDCulturalCenter/eventCalendar.asp
Harriet Returns urgently returns to modern times to emancipate two young wanna-be rappers
Producers by Carmen Scott, Lenny Payan: 18 mins.
Danielle feels like the littlest person in the room. Her job as the script coordinator for a wildly popular television drama sounds exciting, but with a job description of "copy, collate, repeat," she doesn't quite agree. When producers introduce plans to shoot an ill-conceived "urban" episode of the show, Danielle finally feels compelled to use her voice.
Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock: 60 mins.The education of African American children has always been an important issue for the Black community. Today parents are still struggling to give their childrean a 'quality education' and teachers continue to seek fair compensation and a voice in the educational process. All across the country public schools are closing, budgets are being cut while testing and charter schools are all the rage.
In an age when portrayals of women in the media seem to have taken a dramatic leap backwards, films like Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock represent a much needed change of pace. We only get these images from independent media filmmakers who have a world view that does not aspire for Hollywood. It’s 2012 and the struggle continues!
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