House of Art Gallery Presents AFROS Video & Movie Night, Tonight!
Tonight: Pease join House of Art Gallery for a "AFROS Video & Movie Night" as we screen the flyest of the flyest footage from the personal collection of photographer Michael July: rare music videos, mini-documentaries, & the monumental rare classic "WATTSTAX" concert documentary.
We will also discuss the mainstream media & the social significance of natural hair past & present.
Shown on a wide screen projector in stereo.
This Tues at the House of Art Gallery in Bed-Stuy 6:30pm-10pm - Doors at 6pm. Come Early & Beat the Heat w/Super Cool Air Conditioning!!
WATTSTAX - Original Trailer (1972 "Black Woodstock" Concert) https://www.youtube.com/v/V7m4vBmRmB4
WATTSTAX:The legendary "Black Woodstock", Wattstax , documentary of the 1972 concert at the Los Angeles Coliseum. Featuring incendiary performances by Isaac Hayes, Albert King, Rufus and Carla Thomas, the Staple Singers, the Emotions, the Bar-Kays, and other greats of soul, R&B, and gospel- plus biting humor from a then little-known Richard Pryor - Wattstax is more than a concert film. It also captures a heady moment in mid-1970s, "black-is-beautiful", super cool Afros and African-American culture, when Los Angeles's black community came together.
Also while you're there check out the AFROS - A Celebration Of Natural Hair Exhibition. AFROS Coffee table books, posters, prints, postcards & buttons will be available for purchase.
House of Art Gallery
408 Marcus Garvey Blvd (btwn. Halsey St & Macon St)
Brooklyn, NY 11216
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