Amakisi Unlimited, LLC will host the 3Rs Progressive Film Festival in Detroit. The event will be held at the Paul Robeson Theater in the Northwest Activities Center, Feb. 22-24, 2008.
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URL: http://3rsfilmfest.com
Friday, February 22, 2008 ~ Sunday February 24, 2008
Paul Robeson Theatre in the Northwest Activities Center
18100 Meyers Road
Detroit, MI 48207
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Last year Amakisi Unlimited LLC produced the Detroit Women of Color International Film Festival. Our audience was over 500 people covering a two day weekend. We hope to exceed that success at the 3Rs progressive film festival. We have expanded media sponsorship with WDET, the Michigan Citizen and the Pan African News Wire. We will also receive media coverage through Clear Channel One radio staions 98.7 FM/WJLB and 92.3 FM/WMXD.
We appreciate your support. We need the community to make the film festival a success. Please share this newswire with your friends and family. Our vision is to bring films that take us from bystander and voyeur to challenge and inspire us to grow and create the reality that we choose. We hope to engage in thought provoking conversations about issues of that effect our lives and exchange ideas. Please share this information with your friends and family.
Stay tuned for more info about upcoming film festivals by Amakisi Unlimited LLC.
Sincerely,
Oyatunde Amakisi, Producer
Amakisi Unlimited LLC
~Sacred Waters Spirituality Film Festival
~Detroit Women of Color International Film Festival
~3Rs (Restoration, Revolution, and Resurrection) Progressive Film Festival
Films and show times are subject to change at the discretion of Amakisi Unlimited LLC.
Please visit our website for regular updates.
http://3rsfilmfest.com
In This Issue
Festival Synopsis
WE
Turn Off Channel Zero
Detroit: Cycles of the Mental Machine
The Waterfront
SiCKO
Location and Ticket Information
This amazing film festival begins Friday, February 22, 2008 at 6:00 p.m.
Paul Robeson Theatre in the Northwest Activities Center
18100 Meyers Road
Detroit, MI 48207
There will be thought provoking dialogue with local activist
Moderated by artist and activist, Professor Griff
(former member of Public Enemy)
The film festival will resume on Saturday, February 23, 2008 at 12:00 p.m.
We will showcase exciting, innovative, thought provoking films that entertain and inspire. Sunday is FREE.
There is a market place with beautiful, unique, and diverse merchandise from local merchants.
TICKET INFORMATION
Friday __________ $15.00
Saturday________ $15.00
Friday & Saturday_$25.00
Sunday_________FREE
Tickets available at:
Black Star Community Bookstore
19410 LivernoisDetroit MI 48221
313.863.BOOK (2665)
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Shrine of the Black Madonna Bookstore and Cultural Center
13535 Livernois Ave., Detroit, MI 48238
313.491.0777
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Source Booksellers
4201 Cass Ave. at Willis, Detroit, MI 48227
313.832.1155
Group discounts are available.
Please contact Oya for more information at 313.544.8493.
The Official
3Rs T-Shirt
Get them while they are hot!!! The official 3Rs Progressive T-shirt will be a great addition to your wardrobe.
Sizes: small to X-large $15.00
Special Order
2X-4X
$20.00
Call 313.544.8493 for more info or visit our
3Rs Progressive Marketplace
Vending at the 3Rs Progressive Film Festival and Benefit
Concert
There are spaces available in the 3Rs Marketplace.
The vending spaces are available for three days only. A 6ft table will be furnished with a white linen table cloth. No food vendors please. Deadline is February 11, 2008. Space is limited. Vendors are chosen on a first come first serve basis.
Our Price: $125.00
Please contact Oya at 313.544.8493 for more information.
3Rs Progressive
Film Festival
Ad Booklet
Advertise your business in the 3Rs Progressive Film Festival and Benefit Concert Program Booklet.
full page ad - $150.00
1/2 page ad - $100.00
1/4 page ad - $75.00
business card size ad - $30.00
Deadline is Monday, February 11, 2008
Please contact Oya at 313.544.8493 for more information.
Create the change you want to see in the world
3Rs Progressive Film Festival features films and videos that celebrate the power of activism. The diverse range of international films goes beyond the boundaries of mainstream media and challenges viewers to become agents of change within their community and the world.
There will be discussions with local filmmakers and activists. Sam Greenlee, author of the Spook Who Sat by the Door; Professor Griff of Public Enemy, Grace Lee Boggs, Abayomi Azikiwe, and many others will participate in panels that will facilitate dialogue and solutions.
Organizations that are actively involved in the peace movement, environmental rights, challenging the inequities within the educational, justice, and prison industrial systems, water rights, and electoral politics will also be present.
Friday, February 22, 2008
WE: The documentary featuring Arundahti Roy
6:00 pm
Intermission
Turn Off Channel Zero
7:30 pm
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Detroit: Cycles of the Mental Machine
8:45 pm
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PANEL
Moderated by Professor Griff
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Saturday, February 23, 2008
The Waterfront
12:00 pm
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The Spook Who Sat By The Door
1:30 pm
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Trials of Darryl Hunt
3:15 pm
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PANEL
Moderated by Sam Greenlee
(author of Spook Who Sat By The Door)
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American Blackout
5:30 pm
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Our Story, Our Voices
7:15 pm
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FREE Sunday, February 24, 2008
with free health screenings
all day provided by
Nurse Betty's Community Care Connection
SiCKO
12:00 pm
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HR676
with a special introduction
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SPECIAL PANEL ON UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE
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The Truth About the Right to Work Initiative
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SPECIAL PANEL ON THE RIGHT TO WORK INITIATIVE
Times and films are subject to change without notice.
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AMAKISI UNLIMITED LLC
Oyatunde Amakisi,
CEO and Producer
Oyatunde Amakisi is an activist, artist, and the CEO of Amakisi Unlimited LLC, a Detroit based company that utilizes art as a tool of empowerment and healing through enriching cultural programs. Ms. Amakisi envisions Amakisi Unlimited LLC as a multifaceted company that facilitates unique entertaining venues that educate and inspire men, women, and children of all races and economic backgrounds to work cooperatively to create positive change in our community.
Amakisi Unlimited LLC has a strong history in Detroit, and has consistently supported and featured the extraordinary talents of national and local artists in its programming.
Ms. Amakisi is currently producing the 3Rs (RESTORATION, RESURRECT, AND REVOLUTION) Film Festival 2008 and the Second Annual Detroit Women of Color International Film Festival.
Last year she produced the Detroit Women of Color International Film Festival at the Johanson Charles Gallery. The audience was over 500 people covering a two day weekend. She also successfully produced the SACRED WATERS Spirituality Film Festival in October 2007.
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