Martin Luther King Jr. 3-Day Celebration Date: Saturday - Monday, January 17 - 19 Please join us as we celebrate the life and accomplishments of Martin Luther King Jr. Saturday, January 17 Annual Day of Service Registration - 9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. (H. Dutcher Community Room) Register for one of several community service projects with local charitable organizations throughout the community. Sunday, January 18 Film Event with James DeWolf Perry - Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North 1:30 - 4:00 p.m. (H. Dutcher Community Room) In this documentary, filmmaker Katrina Browne and nine family members explore their unspoken legacy as descendants from the largest slave-trading family in U.S. history, and gain powerful new perspectives on the black/white divide and their understanding of racism and privilege. Q & A with James DeWolf Perry, one of the family members who appears in the film. Monday, January 19 Family Concert with Kim and Reggie Harris 11:00 a.m. - Noon (H. Dutcher Community Room) Renowned and dynamic musicians and storytellers who combine traditional African-American spirituals and freedom songs with original folk, and who sing of life, love, the quest for freedom and community. No registration required. Monday, January 19 The Unfinished Buisness of Martin Luther King Jr. featuring James DeWolf Perry 1:30 - 4:30 p.m. (H. Dutcher Community Room) Keynote: James DeWolf Perry, Executive Director of the Tracing Center, a nationally known organization whose mission is to educate the public about the history and legacy of race and other forms of discrimination, in order to foster dialogue, and encourage healing and justice. Performances by SHYFT (Saratoga’s Humanitarian Youth for Transformation) and Kim and Reggie Harris. Reception to follow. No registration required. Dear White People Fri., Jan. 16, 7:30 p.m. Sun., Jan. 18, 7:30 p.m. Written and directed by Justin Simien • 108 min. • USA • 2014 • Rated R Winner of the 2014 Sundance Film Festival’s Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Talent, the debut feature from writer/director Justin Simien is a provocative satire of race relations in the age of President Obama. Dear White People follows a group of African-American students as they navigate campus life and racial politics at Winchester University, a predominantly white college. The unexpected election of mixed-race activist Samantha White (Tessa Thompson), host of a provocative radio show called “Dear White People,” as head of Armstrong/Parker House, a traditionally black residence hall, kicks off a campus culture war. Meanwhile, outgoing head-of-house Troy Fairbanks (Brandon P. Bell), law student and scion of the university’s dean (Dennis Haysbert), defies his father’s expectations by wanting to give up law and become a comedy writer, starting with seeking a position on the staff of the college’s influential humor magazine Pastiche. Lionel Higgins (Tyler James Williams), an Afro-sporting sci-fi geek, is recruited by the otherwise all-white student newspaper to go undercover and write about black culture—a subject he knows little about—while Coco Conners (Teyonah Parris) tries to use the controversy to carve out a career in reality TV (aim high!). However, no one is quite prepared for Pastiche’s outrageous, ill-conceived Halloween party—with an “unleash your inner Negro” theme—which sets alight smoldering tensions. When the party descends into mayhem, everyone must choose a side. Dear White People is based on director Justin Simien’s experience as an African-American student at a predominantly white, private university. This weekend’s screenings of Flex is Kings (Thursday) and Dear White People (Friday and Sunday) are official films of the 2015 Saratoga Springs Martin Luther King Celebration.
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