[SDCPJ] FRIDAY - Dec. 26, 7:30 pm; AMANDLA! Activist Film Series, Sat, Dec 27, 7PM: Kwanzaa; Tue, Jan 6, 7PM - Project Censored

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                           ACTIVIST EVENT ALERTS
    
           FRIDAY - Dec. 26, 7:30 pm; AMANDLA! Activist Film Series

                 Saturday, December 27, 7PM: Kwanzaa

               Tuesday, January 6, 7PM - Project Censored

               Jan, 24th - ASD's People's Inaugural Ball

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FRIDAY, DEC. 26TH @ 7:30 PM at Joyce Beers Community Center
 
                             AMANDALA!
       A REVOLUTION  IN FOUR PART HARMONY
                    A joyous film of music and resistance

DIRECTOR: LEE HIRSCH Winner of the Audience Award and Freedom of Expression Award at the Sundance Film Festival, AMANDALA! ("Power to the people!") documents the history of freedom songs during the near half-century that South Africa suffered under apartheid. Notes one activist, "Because you can't beat these people physically, you've got to scare the shit out of them with songs." Most songs featured in the film became so popular that the government banned them along with the artists who sang them. Still, the freedom songs created an effective underground form of communication within prison boundaries and united a nation of oppressed citizens. Director Lee Hirsch combines an engaging mix of interviews with previously exiled activists and musicians along with archival footage of organized protests and performances featuring Abdullah Ibrahim, Sibingile Khumalo, Vusi Mahlasela, Miriam Makeba, Hugh Masekela, and Dolly Rathebe. (108 mins.)
http://www.activistsandiego.org/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=18672
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Saturday, December 27, 7PM: Kwanzaa - Kujichagulia Celebration at WorldBeat Cultural Center
WorldBeat Cultural Center 2100 Park Blvd. San Diego.  FREE Community Celebration
        With A Film Screening and Presentation of "The Black Candle"
   
Narrated by world renowned poet Maya Angelou and directed by award-winning author and filmmaker M. K. Asante, Jr., The Black Candle is an extraordinary, inspirational story about the struggle and triumph of African-American family.
http://www.activistsandiego.org/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=18571

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ASD Co-Sponsored event:
Tuesday, January 6, 7PM: Matters of Controversy. The New American Censorship

Special guest: Peter Phillips Professor of Sociology and Director of Project Censored.

Project Censored is a media research program to train Sonoma State University students in media research, First Amendment issues and the advocacy for, and protection of free press rights in the United States. Prof. Phillips will be signing "Censored 2009."
First Unitarian Universalist Church of San Diego 4190 Front Street, Hillcrest, San Diego. $5-10 Donation
http://www.activistsandiego.org/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=18662