JULY 13-22, 2017
A PROUD SUPPORTER OF
MARCH ON WASHINGTON FILM FESTIVAL
Thank you for presenting important stories of the Civil Rights Era and highlighting their relevance today, using the power of film, music and the arts to inspire and move us to action.
Your History. Your Legacy.
Your March On Washington Film Festival July 13-22, 2017 Washington, DC.
“The truth shall set you free,” we say.
We say that truth is the cornerstone of fairness, of justice, of equality. And yet, our history is too frequently taught with profound dishonesty. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. spoke of history being shaped by the “numberless diverse acts of courage and belief.” But rarely do we frame the facts from the vantage of the battle soldier, the rank and file courageous, the living, or the anonymous victor.
This March on Washington Festival explores the numberless, courageous, and faithful. And how they pushed the iconic to be so.
In the last five years, you have helped create a national platform to allow people to tell our past more accurately, and connect it to our present and future. With a focus on the truth, with the untold or wrongly told stories, we bring people information—through the power of film, art, scholarship—to form their own methods for making change today.
From the start we have heard so many audiences say “I had no idea,” after learning some vital piece of history through one of our film screenings or panels. We have seen parents inspired to launch more probing and accurate conversations with their children. We have watched generations of young people take up the strategy and tactics they learn to make the change they want. This, for us at the Festival, is success.
It is thanks to all of your support that we have made it to this fifth festival, and that we enter this year with an even richer repertoire of content. And, lets be candid, we have rarely needed this sort of truth-telling and inspiration for informed activism then we do...right now.
Thank you for joining us, Robert Raben March on Washington Film Festival Founder
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Presenting Sponsor, Student & Emerging Filmmaker Competition
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Comcast NBCUniversal
Nationwide
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Toyota
Freedom Rider
Prudential
Activist
FUSIONTV
The Libra Group
NCAA
Rostrum Records
Marcher
Duane Morris LLP
News Corp
NFL
Recording Industry Association of America
Williams & Connolly LLP
In-Kind Sponsor
Anson Mills
FESTIVAL PARTNERS
Foundation Partners
Ford Foundation
Human Rights Campaign Foundation
Open Society Foundations
Public Welfare Foundation
Media Partner
NBC4
Filming Production Partner
Office of Cable Television, Film, Music, and Entertainment - Washington, D.C.
Hotel Partner
Embassy Suites by Hilton
Travel Partner Lyft
Local Ground Transportation Partner
BBC Transportation
THE VANGUARD - INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY GIVING PROGRAM
Freedom Vanguard
David Frederick & Sophie Lynn
Robert Raben
Justice Vanguard
Katherine Bradley
Jack Diskin
Eric Holder & Dr. Sharon Malone
June Raben
Love Vanguard
The Conyngham Family
Kitty Kelley
Wan J. Kim & Sarah E. Whitsell
Carter Phillips & Sue Henry
Gregory G. Rapawy & Jessica S Boger
Andrew & Jennifer Shen
Don Verrilli & Gail Laster
Equality Vanguard
Debo Adegbile
Scott & Terri Angstreich
Daniel & Melissa Bird
Boatwright Foundation
A. Scott Bolden & Erika Martin
Joshua Branson
Toni and Dwight Bush
Jonathan Capehart & Nick Schmit
Equality Vanguard
Anthony Coley
Brendan & Elizabeth Crimmins
e. christi cunningham
John & Linda Donovan
Kelly & Adrianna Dunbar
Dan & Karen DuVal
Ken & Kristin Fetterman
Marc Fleischaker
Joseph & Shina Hall
Mark & Anne Hansen
Andrew & Cassandra Hetherington
Derek T. Ho & Maria Glover
Fred Hochberg, The Heyday Foundation
Michael & Sue Guzman
Joanne Irby
Suzanne Nora Johnson & David G Johnson Foundation
Robert Kapp
Susan L. Karamanian
Geoffrey M. Klineberg & Ursula Werner
Landmark Real Estate
Evan & Maite Leo
Carolyn Lerner
Marshall & Deborah Matz
Kevin & Laura Miller
Dwayne Proctor, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Lois Quam
David & Illia Schwarz
Silvija Strikis & Miguel Browne
Elizabeth Taylor & David DeBruin
Amy Tejral & Mike Smith
John and Sarah Thorne
Seth Waxman & Debbie Goldberg
James & Jane Webster
Todd Webster
Thursday, 7/13, Israel Baptist Church, 1251 Saratoga Ave. NE, 7:00 p.m.
Opening Night Special EventLet Freedom Sing
This opening night concert of civil rights and social justice inspired music features rousing choir performances from Mount Ennon Baptist Church and Reid Temple AME Church.
Special guest artist is Karen Clark Sheard, four-time Grammy Award-winning singer, musician, and songwriter. Sheard is the youngest daughter of pioneering gospel chorale director
Mattie Ross Clark, and formerly a member of the award-winning gospel group, The Clark Sisters.
Master of Ceremonies: Leon Harris, News Anchor, NBC4
Narration: Jamal Simmons, Political analyst, television commentator and Principal, The Raben Group
Music produced by Nolan Williams, Jr., NEWorks Productions
Sponsored by Nationwide
Friday, 7/14, THEARC, 1901 Mississippi Ave. SE, 2:00 p.m.
Civil Rights, Crop, Culture and Cuisine, Part I
In the late 1960s, Fannie Lou Hamer, ferocious voice of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, created Freedom Farm Corporation, a communal farm and livestock share program in the Mississippi Delta. She knew that full citizenship would only be achieved when African Americans controlled their own diet.
Join MoWFF as a volunteer at Joyful Food Market, a program of Martha’s Table. These pop-up markets provide free fresh fruit, vegetables, and healthy pantry staples, with cooking demonstrations and music to enhance the shopping experience to community schools and centers east of the Anacostia River. In partnership with Martha’s Table
Friday, 7/14, Navy Memorial, 701 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 7:00 p.m
Civil Rights & Sports
This film and panel explores the experiences of the 18 African-American athletes who participated in the 1936 Berlin Olympics. History forgot all except one, gold medalist Jesse Owens. But their collective presence defied Adolf Hitler’s master race theory and inspired the world.
Film: Olympic Pride, American Prejudice | 2016 | USA | 1h 22min
Directed by Deborah Riley Draper
Panelists:
§ Meredith Pollard Russell, granddaughter of Olympian Fritz Pollard, Jr.
§ Deborah Riley Draper, filmmaker
§ Dr. Sonja Robinson, Director of Diversity and Inclusion, NCAA
§ Amy Tiemann, executive producer
Moderator: Kevin Merida, Editor-in-Chief, Undefeated, ESPN
Music produced by Nolan Williams, Jr., NEWorks Productions
Sponsored by the NCAA and the NFL
Saturday 7/15, E St. Landmark Cinema, 555 11St. NW, 10:00 a.m
Student & Emerging Filmmaker Competition Finalists
From 105 entries, the films of our 12 finalists will be screened consecutively in this last round of our international competition. The films address this year’s theme of “Speaking Truth to Power” in their own unique ways.
Sponsored by PepsiCo
Saturday 7/15, Navy Memorial 701 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 3:00 p.m
Special Event: Ed Sullivan in Black & White
A look at the ground-breaking African American acts that appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show, and how the show’s producer and host defied racist threats, boycotts, and loss of sponsorships to change the face of television.
Film: Sullivision – The Ed Sullivan Story (preview excerpt)
Panelists:
§ Diahann Carroll, legendary actress and singer, who appeared on the show nine times
§ Margo Speciale, filmmaker and granddaughter of Ed Sullivan
§ Suzanne Kay, filmmaker and daughter of Diahann Carroll
§ Dr. Dwandalynn Reese, Curator of Music and Performing Arts, Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Moderator: Jacquie Gales Webb, radio producer/host
4:45 p.m. Special Remarks by historian, filmmaker, public intellectual and Harvard University professor, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Gates is chair of the Creative Board, FUSIONTV.
Sponsored by FUSIONTV
Saturday, 7/15, Navy Memorial, 701 Pennsylvania Ave, 7:00 p.m.
Special Event–MoWFF Awards Night
MoWFF’s first Vivian Malone Courage Award, named in honor of Vivian Malone, the first African American woman to graduate from the University of Alabama, is presented to award-winning author, Ta-Nehisi Coates.
Among his many accomplishments, Coates is a winner of the MacArthur Foundation Fellowship and the National Book Award for nonfiction for his work, Between the World and Me. He serves as national correspondent for The Atlantic, and is the writer of the Black Panther series for Marvel Comics.
Dr. Sharon Malone and former U.S. Attorney General, the Hon. Eric Holder, sister and brother-in-law of the late Vivian Malone will bestow the award.
The award is an original painting called “Fear No Evil” by renowned artist, Avis Collins Robinson.
Remarks will be delivered by Atlantic Media owner, David G. Bradley.
Mr. Coates will be interviewed by Michele Norris-Johnson, noted broadcast journalist and Executive Director, The Race Card Project.
Winners of the MoWFF Student & Emerging Filmmaker Competition will also be awarded, and the winners of the Freedom’s Children Student Journalist Competition will be announced.
Sunday, 7/16 Washington National Cathedral, 3101 Wisconsin Ave. NW, 1:30 p.m.
The Gathering Place–Creating a Shared Religious Activism
As a follow to last year’s panel, What the White Church Must Do, leaders of different faiths come together for a frank dialogue on the state of racial justice activism. Why is shared activism necessary, where is it already taking place, and what will it take for individuals and organizations to strengthen and sustain shared movements for justice?
Panelists:
§ Rabbi Jonah Dov Pesner, Director, Religious Action Center
§ Rev. Dr. Dennis Wiley, Pastor, Covenant Baptist United Church of Christ
§ Rev. Kelly Brown Douglas, Canon Theologian, Washington National Cathedral
§ Right Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, Episcopal Diocesan Bishop of Washington, D.C.
Moderator: Robert Raben, Chair, March on Washington Film Festival
In partnership with Washington National Cathedral, Black Church Center for Justice and Equality, and the Religious Action Center
Monday, 7/17, African American Civil War Museum, 1925 Vermont Ave, NW 3:00 p.m
Civil Rights & College Activism
In 1964, the Mississippi State Sovereignty weaponized homophobia
to stop student voter registration drives at Rust College.
Called “oddballs and homo outside agitators,” they were a galvanizing force for racial and LGBT activism.
Panelists:
§ Bill Luckett, Mayor, Clarksdale MS
§ Dr. Les McLemore, former Mayor of Jackson MS and Rust College alumni
§ Larry Rubin, Field Organizer, SNCC
§ Frank Smith, Executive Director, African American Civil War Museum
Moderator: Charles Francis, President, Mattachine Society of Washington, D.C.
In partnership with the Mattachine Society of Washington, D.C
Monday, 7/17, Google, 25 Massachusetts Ave. NW, 5:30 p.m.
Civil Rights, Resistance, and the Power of the Purse: Highlighting the Baton Rouge Bus Boycott of 1953
The little known eight-day boycott of the bus system by the African American citizens of Baton Rouge rocked that city’s economy and social order. It also served as a model for the organizers of the famous Montgomery Bus Boycott of 1955.
Film: Signpost to Freedom | 2011 | US | 60 min
A production of Louisiana Public Broadcasting.
Panelists:
§ Anika Collier Navaroli, Senior Campaign Manager, Media and Economic Justice, Color of Change
§ Debo Adegbile, Partner and Co-Chair, Anti-Discrimination Practice, WilmerHale
§ Christopher Tyson, Professor, Louisiana State University Law Center
Moderator: Vanita Gupta, President, Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
Reception precedes the event.
In partnership with Google and Louisiana State University Law School
“With the people, by the people, for the peopleI crack up when I hear it. I say, with the handful, by the handful, for the handful, ‘cause that’s what really happens."
-Fannie Lou Hamer
Monday, 7/17, Public Welfare Foundation, 1200 U St. NW, 6:30 p.m.
Civil
Rights
and Campus Activism: The
Orangeburg Massacre
Termed the “Kent State of the South” but occurring two years earlier, the little known Orangeburg Massacre is the chilling shorthand for one of the bloodiest tragedies of the Civil Rights Movement.
Scrupulously researched after decades of denial, the film chronicles the deadly shooting of student protestors by Highway Patrol officers at South Carolina State University in 1968.
Film: Scarred Justice: The Orangeburg Massacre, 1968 | 2009 | USA | 57min
Directed by Judy Richardson
Panelists:
§ Judy Richardson, filmmaker and SNCC organizer
§ Jack Bass, journalist and author of eight nonfiction books about the South
§ Cecil Williams, noted photographer of the Civil Rights Movement
§ Dr. Cleveland Sellers, educator, author and SNCC organizer
Moderator: Mignon Clyburn, Commissioner, FCC
In partnership with Public Welfare Foundation
Tuesday, 7/18, Smithsonian National Museum of American History Readers, Writers, & Books
Spend an afternoon focused on the written word, spoken word and comic book art as mediums for social and racial justice.
1:30 p.m. Best-selling author and biographer Kitty Kelley reads from her new photo book, Martin’s Dream Day
2:00 p.m. Panel I – Comics and Graphic Novels in Social Justice.
Explore the art, commerce and politics of this colorful and increasingly popular medium.
Panelists:
§ Jonathan Gray, editor, Journal of Comics & Culture
§ Eric Battle, artist and illustrator
§ Bill Campbell, founder, Rosarium Publishing
Moderator: Ariell Johnson, owner, Amalgam Comics & Coffeehouse.
Tuesday, 7/18, Smithsonian National Museum of American History
Readers, Writers, & Books
3:30 p.m. Panel II - Poetry and Spoken Word in Social Justice.
Washington D.C.’s activist poet and beloved former Howard University professor leads this discussion on the power of words from the pen and the tongue.
Panelists:
§ Joseph Ross, poet, author and educator
§ Tere Fowler-Chapman, gender fluid artist and founder, Words of the Avenue.
Moderator: E. Ethelbert Miller, educator, poet and Chair, Institute for Policy Studies
Books will be available for sale and autograph at this event.
In partnership with Smithsonian National Museum of American History.
“People wish to be poets more than they wish to write poetry… One should wish to celebrate more than one wishes to be celebrated.”
-Lucille Clifton
Tuesday, 7/18, National Museum of Women in the Arts, 1250 New York Ave. NW 6:30 p.m. Civil Rights and Entertainers
Fleeing the oppression of American racism, many noted African American artists, musicians, and writers moved to Paris from WWI to the1960s. From Josephine Baker, Bricktop and Sidney Bechet, to Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen, and James Baldwin, their brilliance and talent sparked a cultural and social transformation.
Film: Paris Noir – African Americans in the City of Light 2012 | USA | 60min
Directed by Joanne Burke
Introduction – Toni Cook Bush, Executive Vice President & Global Head of Government Affairs, News Corp
Lecturer: Julia Browne, co-producer and owner, Walking the Spirit Black Paris Tours
In partnership with the National Museum of Women in the Arts
“If you don’t live it, it won’t come out your horn.”
- Charlie Parker
Wednesday, 7/19, Smithsonian National Museum of American History, Constitution Ave NW, 12:30 p.m
Civil Rights, Crops, Culture & Cuisine Part 2
Enslaved Africans brought with them to this hemisphere the knowledge of their traditional foods, recipes, and cooking methods. This lecture demonstration and tasting of heirloom rice dishes follows that historic, economic, and culinary journey from Africa, to the Caribbean and Low Country South.
Lecturer: Glenn Roberts, founder, Anson Mills
Guest Chef: Michael W. Twitty, culinary historian, author and blogger at Afroculinaria
In partnership with Smithsonian National Museum of American History, Anson Mills, and Wegmans Supermarket
“When ‘I’ is replaced with ‘We’, even illness becomes wellness.”
-Malcolm X
Wednesday, 7/19, National Museum of Women in the Arts, 1250 New York Ave. NW, 6:30 p.m
Women of the Movement
While her husband, Nelson Mandela, served a life sentence, Winnie Mandela suffered the raw violence of South African apartheid, on the front lines and underground. This is the untold story of the forces that combined to break this most intriguing and powerful contemporary figures, labeling him a saint and her a sinner.
Film: Winnie: 2017 | South Africa | 1h 38min
Directed by Paschale Lamche
Screening will be followed by a Conversation with Elizabeth Alexander and Gay McDougall.
Elizabeth Alexander is an award-winning poet, essayist, playwright, and scholar. In 2009, she composed and delivered “Praise Song for the Day” at the inauguration for President Barack Obama. She is currently Director of Creativity and Free Expression at the Ford Foundation.
Gay McDougall is an attorney and MacArthur Foundation Fellowship winner for her work in international human rights. She was Executive Director of Global Rights, Partners for Justice, and named the first UN Independent Expert on Minority Issues.
In partnership with the National Museum of Women in the Arts
Thursday, 7/20, Public Welfare Foundation, 1200 U St. NW, 6:30 p.m
Civil Rights & Education
The opportunity gap for rural and low-income young people endures in many places in our country. But the dedicated intervention of committed mentors can help to bridge that gap, as profiled in this intimate, coming-of-age story of the complex relationships between generational poverty, educational equity, and race for three young men in Eastern North Carolina.
Film: Raising Bertie | 2017 | US | 1h 42 min
Directed by Margaret Byrne
Panelists:
§ Margaret Byrne, director and co-writer
§ Ian Kibbe, producer
§ Davonte "Dada" Harrell, film subject
§ Vivian Saunders, Executive Director, Bertie Country Traditional Resource Center/HIVE charter school.
Thursday, 7/20, Supreme Court, 1 First St. NE, 6:30 p.m.
The Justice Fighter
This screening and panel/reunion celebrates the Honorable Damon J. Keith’s 50th year on the Federal Bench. The documentary tells the story of ten extraordinary years, four groundbreaking cases, and one unconventional man who went from janitor to judge, and whose rulings forever changed the face of civil rights in the United States.
Film–Walk with Me: The Trials of Damon J. Keith 2016 | US | 1h 44min
Directed by Jesse Nesser
Panelists:
§ Judge Damon Keith, Senior Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
§ Hon. Eric Holder, former US Attorney General
§ Jennifer Granholm, former Governor of Michigan
§ Chris Reynolds, Group Vice President, Social Innovation and Chief Diversity Officer, Toyota Motor North America
§ Spencer Overton, President, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies
Moderator: Nina Totenberg, Legal Affairs Correspondent, NPR
Reception precedes the event. This is an invitation-only event.
In partnership with the Supreme Court of the United States
“We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society.”
-Angela Davis
Thursday, 7/20, Smithsonian National Museum of American History, Constitution Ave. NW, 6:30 p.m.
Project Awareness
In 1961, a group of Howard University students orchestrated a debate between two giants of political thought - Bayard Rustin, civil rights, non-violence, and gay rights activist, and key adviser to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.; and Malcolm X, Nation of Islam and Black Nationalist leader and human rights activist. This is a staged reading of that debate.
Witnesses: Rachelle Horowitz, Dion Diamond
Interviewer: Christopher W. Wilson, Director, Program in African-American History and Culture, National Museum of American History
In partnership with the Smithsonian National Museum of American History
Friday, 7/21, National Public Radio, 1111 N. Capitol St. NE, 6:30 p.m
Civil Rights & Politics
Howard University Law School’s first white male graduate, Harris Wofford, is a seminal figure in the Civil Rights Movement, Peace Corps, academia, and U.S. Senate.
Film Preview – Harris Wofford, Slightly Mad
Directed by Jacob Finkel
Panelists:
§ Harris Wofford, former U.S. Senator of Pennsylvania
§ Jacob Finkel, director
Moderator: Tiffany Cross, Managing Editor and Curator, The Beat DC
In partnership with National Public Radio
Friday, 7/21, Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, 6:30 p.m.
Civil Rights & Entertainment
In this exploration of the intersection of hip-hop history, artistry, and academia, we follow DJ/music producer 9th Wonder as he teaches “The Standards of Hip-Hop” at Harvard University, spotlighting the scholars and musicians at the forefront of 40 years of hip-hop culture.
Film: The Hip-Hop Fellow | 2014 | USA | 1h 18min
Directed by Kenneth Price
Panelists:
§ 9th Wonder aka Paul Douthit, Grammy Awardwinning producer, record executive, DJ, and lecturer at Duke University and Harvard University
§ Professor Paul Butler, author, former prosecutor and current professor, Georgetown University Law Center
§ Benjy Grinberg, recording industry executive, President, Rostrum Records
Moderator: Simone Eccleston, Director of Hip-Hop Culture and Contemporary Music, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
In partnership with the Kennedy Center and Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Sponsored by Comcast NBCUniversal, Recording Industry Association of America, and Rostrum Records
Saturday, 7/22, E St. Landmark Cinema, 555 11 St. NW, 10:00 a.m.
Civil Rights & College Activism
Fierce student protests at San Francisco State University in ’68 and Cornell University in ’69 grew from the struggle for more meaningful and relevant education. They led to the formation of Black and Ethnic Studies college programs nationwide.
Film: Agents of Change | 2016 | USA | 1 h 6min
Directed by Abby Ginzberg and Frank Dawson
Panel:
§ Abby Ginzberg, award-winning veteran documentarian and President,Berkeley Film Foundation
§ Frank Dawson, producer, director, writer, television executive and former Chair,Communication and Media Studies, Santa Monica College
Moderator: Judith Browne Dianis, attorney and Co-Director, Advancement Project
Saturday, 7/22, Smithsonian National Museum of American History, Constitution Ave. NW, 6:30 p.m.
Closing Night Mayors’ Celebration
This evening honors the first wave of Black mayors in major US cities, their paths to public service, and the impact of their groundbreaking terms in elected office.
Film – Bridging the Divide: Tom Bradley and the Politics of Race | 2016 | USA | 57min
Directed by Lyn Goldfarb
Panelists:
§ Hon. Richard Hatcher, former mayor, Gary IN
§ Hon. Johnny Ford, former mayor, Tuskegee AL
§ Hon. Anthony Foxx, former mayor, Charlotte NC
§ Hon. Michael Nutter, former mayor, Philadelphia PA
Plus: special guests and a preview screening of the documentary in-production on Maynard Jackson.
Music produced by Nolan Williams Jr., NEWorks Productions.
Reception follows the event.
In partnership with Smithsonian Museum of American History
Sponsored by Prudential
“ THE FIRST REVOLUTION IS WHEN YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND ABOUT HOW YOU LOOK AT THINGS, AND SEE THAT THERE MIGHT BE ANOTHER WAY TO LOOK AT IT THAT YOU HAVE NOT BEEN SHOWN.
- Gil Scott-Heron ”
“ WE ARE NOT MAKERS OF HISTORY WE ARE MADE BY HISTORY.
- Martin Luther King, Jr. ”
About NEWorks Productions
As one of the country's premiere producers of inspirational-arts programming, NEWorks Productions, under the direction of CEO Nolan Williams, Jr., partners with leading humanitarian, educational, arts, and renowned institutions to present curatorial festivals, concert productions, special events, and other signature projects that leverage the power of music and the arts for community engagement and social good.
Past and present partners include: the Mann Center for the Performing Arts, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the American Cancer Society, the Susan G. Komen Foundation, the Clarice Smith Center for the Performing Arts, Georgetown University, Oberlin College, the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation, the Embassy of India, the Amalfi Coast Music and Arts Festival, the National Symphony Orchestra, and Philadelphia Orchestra and the March on Washington Film Festival. Neworksproductions.com
The Musical Performers of MoWFF 2017
Thursday, July 13, 2017
Let Freedom Sing! –Opening Night Celebration
§ The Voices of Mount Ennon Baptist Church
Dr. Frances Fonza, Director of Worship and Arts; Marcus Young, Director of Music; DaNell Daymon, Choir Director; Toni Thorne, Choreographer
§ The Youth and Young Adult Choir of Reid Temple AME Church
Richard Odom, Director
Friday, July 14, 2017
Civil Rights & Sports
A special musical presentation of the Olympic Pride’s closing song, Find My Victory, performed by the NEWorks Inspirational Voices
Saturday, July 22, 2017
Mowff Closing Night–Mayors’ Celebration
Musical performances by:
§ Black Theatre Voices United
§ Michelle Maxwell, soprano
§ Nova Payton, soprano
§ Nolan Williams, Jr. and the Voices of Inspiration
CHAIR
Robert Raben
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Isisara Bey
PRODUCER
Broderick Johnson
LINE PRODUCERS
Shelonda Stokes, Khayla Dorsey, Da’Vontre Miller of greiBO Media
ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS
Damara Catlett, Praveen Fernandes, Samara Foxx, Kara Watkins, Christina Weaver, Oliver Wells, Alicin Williamson, Justin Wilson
STUDENT & EMERGING FILMMAKER
COMPETITION MANAGER
Opal Bennett
FREEDOM’S CHILDREN STUDENT
JOURNALIST COMPETITION MANAGER
Jada F. Smith
ADMINISTRATION
Joanne Irby, Wanjiku Kebuchi
DEVELOPMENT
Juliet Gilliam, Mickey McIntyre, John Skic, Blair Cobb
FINANCE
Daniel Forkkio, Lenny Liu
LEGAL
Joe Onek
COMMUNICATIONS
Charlie Crocker, Ryan Daniels, Mia Jacobs, Jonathan Kent, Alex Przybelski
GRAPHIC DESIGN
Jayson Salomon
TALENT MANAGEMENT
Jon Gann, Donnise McWeay, Jim Taglaeur
TRAVEL
Vivianne Pommier, West End Travel
PRINT SERVICES
Minuteman Press of Newark, The Printer
PHOTOGRAPHER
Kevin Allen
BOOKSELLER
Politics and Prose Bookstore and Coffeehouse
COVER ILLUSTRATION
courtesy of Shepard Fairey/Obeygiant.com
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At the 1963 March on Washington, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his monumental “I Have a Dream” speech, a speech that helped define the Civil Rights movement. Dr. King’s dream was one of equality, “a dream as yet unfulfilled.”
Nationwide shares Dr. King’s vision for an America where all people are treated equally. Through diligent work in the communities in which our members and associates live and work, we hope to help make it a dream come true.
PROUD SUPPORTER OF THE 2017 MARCH ON WASHINGTON FILM FESTIVAL
“Democracies die behind closed doors.”
-Judge Damon Keith
“David Frederick and Sophie Lynn salute the Honorable Judge Damon Keith for shaping civil rights the past 50 years.”
Supporting efforts to advance justice and opportunity for people in need, which honor the Foundation’s core values of racial equity, economic well-being, and fundamental fairness for all.
PROUD PARTNER OF THE 2017
MARCH ON WASHINGTON FILM FESTIVAL
“Who bravely dares must sometimes risk a fall.”
-Tom Bradley
“June Raben salutes civil rights icon Mayor Tom Bradley, the nation’s first African American mayor elected in an overwhelming white city.”
WE MAY ENCOUNTER MANY DEFEATS, BUT WE MUST NOT BE DEFEATED.
- Maya Angelou ”
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