EXCITING:Our CELEBRATION OF BLACK STORYTELLERS Film Series Event starts in only a fewhours! Due to t

EXCITING:Our CELEBRATION OF BLACK STORYTELLERS Film Series Event starts in only a fewhours! Due to the rain today in Los Angeles, we are moving the event INDOORS!Our back-to-back film screenings of Ryan Coogler’s Fruitvale Station and AvaDuVernay’s Middle of Nowhere will be at 3351 W 43rd Street, Los Angeles, CA90008! Doors open at 5 PM and our first screening, Fruitvale Station, starts at6:15 PM followed by a Q&A with producers from Fruitvale Station!“The Academy Awards aren’t known for honoring blackfilmmakers. But this Sunday night, an alternative celebration simultaneouslytaking place less than 10 miles away from the Oscars will do just that.”Continue Reading TakePart’s Article Here: http://bit.ly/1zWAUQP“Theneed for films that offer an authentic portrayal of people whose stories areoften overlooked and excluded is monumental right now. Our nation is deeplydivided on issues regarding race and gender. Fruitvale Station and Middle ofNowhere have the power to spark empathy and initiate meaningful and productiveconversations about race and gender in this country.” Continue ReadingIndiewire’s Article Here: http://bit.ly/1zPBWxP EVENTOVERVIEW: In honor of Black History Month, we’ve beencelebrating and highlighting some of the best black storytellers in film, TVand more. From Ava DuVernay to John Singleton, these brilliant storytellers aresharing important stories that matter and showcasing perspectives often overlookedby the media. JOINus TODAY  to celebrate the work of FilmmakersRyan Coogler and Ava DuVernay and attend our CELEBRATIONOF BLACK STORYTELLERS FILM SERIES film screenings of Coogler’s FruitvaleStation and DuVernay’s Middle of Nowhere.TIME/DATE: Sunday, February 22. Doors Open at 5 PM. Event Starts at 6:15PMNEW ADRESS: 3351 W 43rd Street, LosAngeles, CA 90008FILM #1: RYAN COOGLER’S FRUITVALE STATION (2013) - Winnerof 39 awards including both the US Dramatic Grand Jury Prize and the USDramatic Audience Award at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, director RyanCoogler’s Fruitvale Station follows the true story of Oscar Grant (Michael B.Jordan), a 22- year-old Bay Area resident who wakes up on the morning ofDecember 31, 2008 and feels something in the air. Not sure what it is, he takesit as a sign to get a head start on his resolutions: being a better son to hismother (Octavia Spencer), whose birthday falls on New Year’s Eve, being abetter partner to his girlfriend Sophina (Melonie Diaz), who he hasn’t beencompletely honest with as of late, and being a better father to Tatiana (ArianaNeal), their beautiful four year-old daughter. Crossing paths with friends,family, and strangers, Oscar starts out well, but as the day goes on, herealizes that change is not going to come easily. His resolve takes a tragicturn, however, when BART officers shoot him in cold blood at the Fruitvalesubway stop on New Year’s Day. Oscar’s life and tragic death would shake theBay Area – and the entire nation – to its very core.FILM #2: AVA DUVERNAY’S MIDDLE OF NOWHERE (2012)- Winner of 12 awards including the Best Director Award at the2012 Sundance Film Festival, Middle of Nowhere follows Ruby, a bright medicalstudent who sets aside her dreams and suspends her career when her husband isincarcerated. As the committed couple stares into the hollow end of aneight-year prison sentence, Ruby must learn to live another life, one marked byshame and separation. But through a chance encounter and a stunning betrayal thatshakes her to her core, this steadfast wife is soon propelled in new and oftenshocking directions of self-discovery - caught between two worlds and two menin the search for herself. -- source link

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