The People’s Forum

At The River I Stand & I Am Somebody

🎥 On Friday, November 14th join us at the Robeson Cinema for a special DOUBLE FEATURE screening of At The River I Stand & I Am Somebody 💲Free, Sliding Scale Donation Ticket [$8 recommendedl, link in bio!] At The River I Stand US | 1993 | APPLEBY, GRAHAM, ROSS | 58 MIN This moving documentary recounts the two months leading to Martin Luther King Jr.’s death in 1968, coinciding with the 65-day strike of 1300 Memphis sanitation workers. I Am Somebody US 1970 | MADELINE ANDERSON | 30 MIN In 1969, 400 poorly paid black women working in a hospital in Charleston, South Carolina, went on strike to demand union recognition and a wage increase, only to find themselves confronting the National Guard and the state government. 🗓️ 🕕 Friday, Nov 14th • 6:00 PM 📍 Paul & Eslanda Robeson Cinema at The People’s Forum

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Date: Friday, November 14th

Time: 6:00 PM

Location: Paul & Eslanda Robeson Cinema, Manhattan, New York, NY, USA

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