NYC: World Premiere of “Black August: A Hip-Hop Benefit Concert” {8/26}

Posted on August 25th, 2010 by missfrolab.
Categories: Africa, Doc's & Flix, Erykah Badu, Fro's You Should Know, Frolaborators, History, Mos Def, Music, NYC, Talib Kweli, The ROOTS.

Black August: A Hip-Hop Benefit Concert
World Premiere – Thursday, August 26th
at Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center (NYC).
Reception: 6pm / Program: 7pm
hosted by M1 of dead prez, performance by Blitz the Ambassador.

Black August Hip-Hop Project Trailer from dream hampton on Vimeo.

Directed by dream hampton, partial proceeds to benefit political prisoners

Featuring exclusive interviews with exiled activists activists Assata Shakur, former Black Panther Kathleen Cleaver, political prisoner Mutulu Shakur and others, the film Black August: A Hip-Hop Benefit Concert documents the movement behind the annual event that the nonprofit Malcolm X Grassroots Movement has produced, for more than a decade, to raise awareness about and support the political prisoners in the U.S.

Part concert film, Black August highlights performances in New York, Cuba and South Africa featuring Mos Def, dead prez, Talib Kweli, David Banner, Common, Erykah Badu and others.

This screening will be followed by a panel discussion featuring director dream hampton; Lumumba Bandele, co founder of the Black August: Hip-Hop Project; Professor Marc Lamont Hill of Columbia University; former political prisoner Dhoruba Bin Wahaad; Talib Kweli; and M1 of dead prez. The evening is the official opening night of the Black August Film Festival.

Tickets

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