SCREENING | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18 | 5:30 PM | FREE
Sanctuary Cinema Explora, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, X Studio & FUSION Celebrate Black History Screening of IGUALADA: REFUSING TO KNOW YOUR PLACE; UNAPOLOGETIC; and DARK & TENDER: THE BIG ISLAND at FUSION on Wednesday, February 18, starting at 5:30 PM! The screening will be followed by a panel discussion. This event is in collaboration with POV, the award-winning independent nonfiction film series on PBS. For February, they'’ll be screening segments from three powerful films:
IGUALADA: REFUSING TO KNOW YOUR PLACE
Black activist Francia Márquez rises from rural Colombia to launch a historic presidential campaign that defies the political establishment. By espousing a different way of doing politics and championing equality, she inspires a nationwide movement that challenges centuries of exclusion.
UNAPOLOGETIC
Meet Janaé and Bella, two fierce abolitionists whose upbringing and experiences shape their activism and views on Black liberation. Told through their lens, Unapologetic offers an inside look into the movement and ongoing work that transformed Chicago, from the police murder of Rekia Boyd to the election of mayor Lori Lightfoot.
DARK & TENDER: THE BIG ISLAND
In the second chapter of “Dark and Tender”, ten Black men workshop the touch and listening practices from the Chronically UnderTouched Project on the Big Island of Hawaii – interrupting the violent narratives told about them using the tool of tenderness.
This event is free and open to all!
SCHEDULE
–5:30 PM Doors
–6:00 PM Screening
–7:30 Panel Discussion
ABOUT SANCTUARY CINEMA
A brave space for transformative justice and belonging through film.
Sanctuary Cinema brings nonfiction films to New Mexicans for free through the PBS/POV program by hosting monthly screenings and panel discussions with local nonprofit and New Mexico artists and activists at venues throughout the city of Albuquerque. Sanctuary Cinema, is a brave space for transformative justice and belonging through film. Using the power of storytelling in film to build communities committed to action on contemporary social issues, they aim to educate, inspire, and act! Email them for more information : nmsanctuarycinema@gmail.com.
MISSION STATEMENT
Screening films from POV /PBS to build Communities Committed to Action on contemporary social issues. Sanctuary Cinema focus is to Educate, Inspire, and Act! Using the power of storytelling in film to show nonfiction/documentary POV films (known for their intimacy, their unforgettable storytelling and their timeliness, as well as putting a human face on contemporary social issues.) with a panel discussion afterwards and in partnership with various nonprofits.