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Start: 2:00 pm
End: 4:00 pm
Pumzi is a 23 minute long science fiction film about futuristic Africa, 35 years after World War III, dubbed “The Water War." Nature is extinct. Asha lives and works as a museum curator in one of the indoor communities set up by the Maitu Council. When she receives a box in the mail containing soil, she plants an old seed in it and the seed starts to germinate. Asha seeks permission from the ruling Council to investigate the possibility of life on the outside, but her request is denied. She breaks out of the inside community and enters the dead and derelict outside to plant the growing seedling and possibly find life on the outside. A special reading and discussion with Nnedi Okorafor, a Nigerian American author of science fiction novels for young adults will follow the screening of the film. This is the third screening in The African Jubilee Film Festival, curated by Lynette Jackson and Floyd Webb, which runs from June 27 to December 5. | ||
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Start: 9:00 am
End: 4:00 pm
New Harmonies tracks the unique history of many peoples reshaping each other into one incredibly diverse and complex people - Americans. It also promises a fascinating, inspiring, and toe-tapping listen to the American story of cultural exchange with its multi-media components. As a unique traveling exhibition, it is full of surprises about familiar songs, histories of instruments, the roles of religion and technology in shaping new sounds, and the continuity of musical roots from the colonial period to modern day punk and hip-hop. New Harmonies will display from July 17, 2010 through August 28, 2010. | ||
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08 / 5
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
From “WikiLeaks: Time to Celebrate, Time to Mourn” by Jeff Cohen at TruthOut:” “It's a big win for Internet-based, indie media that WikiLeaks.org posted its ‘Afghan War Diary,’ based on 90,000 leaked US military records detailing a failing war in which US and allied forces have repeatedly killed innocent civilians. This on-the-ground material is vaster than the Daniel Ellsberg-leaked Pentagon Papers during the Vietnam War and was much faster in reaching the public. Thanks to the Internet and new technologies, it's easier than ever for a whistleblower to anonymously leak documents exposing official abuses and deception, easier to copy and disseminate vast quantities of material and easier for journalists and citizens to cull through all the data.” Start: 7:30 pm
End: 8:30 pm
From “WikiLeaks: Time to Celebrate, Time to Mourn” by Jeff Cohen at TruthOut: “It's a big win for Internet-based, indie media that WikiLeaks.org posted its ‘Afghan War Diary,’ based on 90,000 leaked US military records detailing a failing war in which US and allied forces have repeatedly killed innocent civilians. This on-the-ground material is vaster than the Daniel Ellsberg-leaked Pentagon Papers during the Vietnam War and was much faster in reaching the public. | ||
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Start: 8:00 pm
At the conclusion of this program, join the cast and the producers for an exploration of how gospel music feeds the emotional and social life, as well as the spiritual. Tickets for the program can be had for $8 general, $5 for youth, seniors, and members of the Centralia Cultural Society. New Harmonies will be on display in Centralia between July 17th and August 28th. Art Center Hours: Monday-Friday, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm; Saturday-Sunday, 1:00 - 4:00 pm. "Crowns" is based on the photography book "Crowns: Portraits of Black Women in Church Hats" by Michael Cunningham and Craig Marberry. For more information, please contact the Centralia Cultural Center at 618.532.2951. | ||
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Start: 1:00 pm
End: 4:00 pm
New Harmonies tracks the unique history of many peoples reshaping each other into one incredibly diverse and complex people - Americans. It also promises a fascinating, inspiring, and toe-tapping listen to the American story of cultural exchange with its multi-media components. As a unique traveling exhibition, it is full of surprises about familiar songs, histories of instruments, the roles of religion and technology in shaping new sounds, and the continuity of musical roots from the colonial period to modern day punk and hip-hop. New Harmonies will display from July 17, 2010 through August 28, 2010. | ||
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