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May

16 & 30 Saturday 4 p.m.

FILM SERIES

They Won’t Budge: Africans In Europe

The Schomburg Center presents a film series as a companion to the exhibition They Won’t Budge: Africans In Europe. The series will cover the African Diaspora in Europe.  Screenings will be held on Saturdays starting at 4 p.m. Films will be followed by Q&As with Dr. Maboula Soumahoro, professor of  Black European Studies, Barnard and Columbia. Free Admission. First come, first served. Limited seats.

May 16, 4 p.m.

Waalo Fendo &

Names live Nowhere

May 30, 4 p.m.

The Glass Ceiling &

Boma-Tervuren, The Voyage

17 Sunday  2 p.m. to 6 p.m.

FILM FESTIVAL

6th Annual Sheba Film Festival

2 p.m.

Vasermil

Director: Mushon Salmona. Israel, 2007, 90 mins, Hebrew, Amharic, Swahili,

Russian w/English subtitles.

A no-holds barred film about three teenagers, living in a tough neighborhood of Be’er Sheva, Israel, who pin their hopes on soccer as a way out.

Recruited by the coach of the local soccer team, they will have to play as a team, overcome their differences, and get over their sense of inferiority and prejudice.

4 p.m.

Zrubavel

Director: Shmuel Beru.  Israel, 70 mins, Amharic and Hebrew w/English subtitles

The first film to be made by and about Ethiopian Israelis, Zrubavel tells the story of Itzhak, a 13 year old boy who dreams of becoming a film director – the future Spike Lee of Israel. Going around filming everyone and everything, his neighborhood and family stories are revealed on the screen. A surprising chain of events ignites a clash of generations – the Ethiopian customs cherished by Yitzhak’s grandparents and the younger generation’s desire to assimilate with Israeli culture.

Tickets: $10 per film.

For tickets go to wwww.binacf.org or call 212-284-9642/212-203-2424

19 Tuesday 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

FORUM

Malcolm X & Fatherhood: Lost, Stolen and Found

His Impact on Rebuilding Black Fatherhood Today

What would move the Black community to the next level? A modern day Malcolm X, President Barack Obama, or fathers who are committed to nurturing and supporting their families. Join the Malcolm X Museum as it commemorates the 84th anniversary of Malcolm’s birth by talking with fathers and their children and reflecting on Hajj Malik El Shabazz’s role as a father, son, and leader.  Free gifts for fathers who attend with their children! For more information, please contact The Malcolm X Museum at 212-340-9502. This event is free and open to the public.

22 Friday  7 p.m.

CONCERT

Carnegie Neighborhood Concert: an Evening of Spirituals

This award-winning choir of young men and women, the Fisk Jubilee Singers, from Nashville, Tennessee preserves the distinctly American tradition of singing “slave songs,” known today as Spirituals.

Free Admission. RSVP required at 212.491.2040.

23 Saturday  3pm

SING-A-LONG

Carnegie Community Sing: an interactive event for all ages

Experience this special opportunity to learn songs and exchange stories with the Fisk Jubilee Singers. (No singing experience necessary!) The original Jubilee Singers introduced “slave songs” to the world in 1871 and were instrumental in preserving this American musical tradition known today as Negro Spirituals. They broke racial barriers in the US and abroad in the late 19th century, and entertained kings and queens in Europe. Today the Fisk Jubilee Singers—young students of Fisk University—continue their legacy by singing and traveling extensively, sharing this distinct American art form and experience with audiences worldwide. This event is hosted by Vy Higginsen, co-writer, producer, and director of “Mama, I Want to Sing!”

Free Admission. RSVP required at 212.491.2040

Neighborhood Concert Series is a program of the Weill Music Institute at Carnegie Hall. Carnegie Hall Neighborhood Concerts are supported, in part, by The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation.

29 May  7p.m.

BOOK CELEBRATION

Join Third World Press in the celebration of Race Course: Against White Supremacy by Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn & Liberation Narratives: Collected Poems 1966-2009 by Haki R. Madhubuti

Race Course: Against White Supremacy by Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn

White supremacy and its troubling endurance in American life is debated in these personal essays by two veteran political activists.

Liberation Narratives: Collected Poems 1966-2009 by Haki R. Madhubuti

Spanning a long career, these poems helped define and sustain a movement that added music and brash street language to traditional poetics. Haki R. Madhubuti has long combined the personal and the political by adding anger, activism, and outsider art to well-crafted poems.

First come, first served. Free Admission.

For more information call (773) 651-0700, ext. 25