Non-Violence: The Message of Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr., Sunrise Media Collection
“Celebrate Dr. King’s legacy and explore African American history and culture at the Stony Island Arts Bank. In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Rebuild Foundation will hold special Monday open hours from 11am to 6pm. Movie screenings, workshops, and readings culled from our archival collections of black history will last throughout the day. Special guests include Karon Davis, artist and co-founder of the Underground Museum in Los Angeles. Free and open to the public, activities for all ages.” (description courtesy of the Rebuild Foundation website)
The day’s events will include three films from Chicago Film Archives:
Non-Violence: The Message of Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. (1975, Sunrise Media Collection)
Producer: Pictura Films for the series Turning Points: America in the Twentieth Century
Filmmakers: Mert Koplin and Charles Grinker
Editor: John Christophel
Reaction Film: Black Power (1975, Sunrise Media Collection)
Producer: Pictura Films for the series Turning Points: America in the Twentieth Century
Filmmakers: Mert Koplin and Charles Grinker
Editor: John Christophel
Cicero March (1966, Film Group Collection)
Camera: Mike Shea
Sound: Mike Gray
Editor: Jay Litvin