The Reel Harlem Film Festival hosts a special screening of Chisholm '72 this Thursday August 31st.  For more information on Chisholm '72 and the rest of the Reel Harlem Film Festival jump here...

Thursday, July 31, 2008

8:00 pm DJ Stormin' of Sundae Sermon spinning classic tunes from the 70's and 80's

8:30 pm FILM: Chisholm ‘72 (Shola Lynch, USA, 75m.) 

Shirley Chisholm was the first black woman elected to the United States Congress (in 1969), and then--long before the likes of Revs. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton--the first African American of either gender to seek a major party’s presidential nomination. Whether or not she met her goal of becoming “a catalyst for change,” is arguable. But that she had guts and the strength of her convictions is beyond debate. The film will be introduced by the film maker Shola Lynch.