PANW Co-Sponsors Amakisi Unlimited's 3Rs Film Festival in Detroit, Feb. 22-24

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Friday, February 22, 2008 ~ Sunday February 24, 2008

> Paul Robeson Theatre in the Northwest Activities Center
> 18100 Meyers Road
> Detroit, MI 48207
>
> Please share this information with friends and family
>
> Last year Amakisi Unlimited LLC produced the Detroit Women of Color
> International Film Festival. Our audience was over 500 people covering a
> two day weekend. We hope to exceed that success at the 3Rs progressive
> film festival. We have expanded media sponsorship with WDET, the
Michigan Citizen and the Pan African News Wire. We will also receive media coverage through Clear Channel One radio staions 98.7 FM/WJLB and 92.3 FM/WMXD.
>
> We appreciate your support. We need the community to make the film
> festival a success. Please share this newswire with your friends and
> family. Our vision is to bring films that take us from bystander and
> voyeur to challenge and inspire us to grow and create the reality that we
> choose. We hope to engage in thought provoking conversations about issues of that effect our lives and exchange ideas. Please share this
> information with your friends and family.
>
> Stay tuned for more info about upcoming film festivals by Amakisi
> Unlimited LLC.
>
> Sincerely,
> Oyatunde Amakisi, Producer
>
> Amakisi Unlimited LLC
> ~Sacred Waters Spirituality Film Festival
> ~Detroit Women of Color International Film Festival
>
> ~3Rs (Restoration, Revolution, and Resurrection) Progressive Film Festival
> Films and show times are subject to change at the discretion of Amakisi
> Unlimited LLC.
>
> Please visit our website for regular updates.
> http://3rsfilmfest.com
>
> In This Issue
> Festival Synopsis
> WE
> Turn Off Channel Zero
> Detroit: Cycles of the Mental Machine
> The Waterfront
> SiCKO
> Location and Ticket Information
>
> This amazing film festival begins Friday, February 22, 2008 at 6:00 p.m.
>
> Paul Robeson Theatre in the Northwest Activities Center
> 18100 Meyers Road
> Detroit, MI 48207
>
> There will be thought provoking dialogue with local activist
> Moderated by artist and activist, Professor Griff
> (former member of Public Enemy)
>
> The film festival will resume on Saturday, February 23, 2008 at 12:00
> p.m.
>
> We will showcase exciting, innovative, thought provoking films that
> entertain and inspire. Sunday is FREE.
> There is a market place with beautiful, unique, and diverse merchandise
> from local merchants.
>
> TICKET INFORMATION
> Friday __________ $15.00
> Saturday________ $15.00
> Friday & Saturday_$25.00
> Sunday_________FREE
> Tickets available at:
>
> Black Star Community Bookstore
> 19410 LivernoisDetroit MI 48221
> 313.863.BOOK (2665)
>
> *******
>
> Shrine of the Black Madonna Bookstore and Cultural Center
> 13535 Livernois Ave., Detroit, MI 48238
> 313.491.0777
>
> *******
> Source Booksellers
> 4201 Cass Ave. at Willis, Detroit, MI 48227
> 313.832.1155
> Group discounts are available.
> Please contact Oya for more information at 313.544.8493.
>
> The Official
> 3Rs T-Shirt
> Get them while they are hot!!! The official 3Rs Progressive T-shirt will
> be a great addition to your wardrobe.
> Sizes: small to X-large $15.00
> Special Order
> 2X-4X
> $20.00
> Call 313.544.8493 for more info or visit our
>
> 3Rs Progressive Marketplace
> Vending at the 3Rs Progressive Film Festival and Benefit
> Concert
> There are spaces available in the 3Rs Marketplace.
>
> The vending spaces are available for three days only. A 6ft table will be
> furnished with a white linen table cloth. No food vendors please.
> Deadline is February 11, 2008. Space is limited. Vendors are chosen on a
> first come first serve basis.
> Our Price: $125.00
> Please contact Oya at 313.544.8493 for more information.
>
> 3Rs Progressive
> Film Festival
> Ad Booklet
> Advertise your business in the 3Rs Progressive Film Festival and Benefit
> Concert Program Booklet.
> full page ad - $150.00
> 1/2 page ad - $100.00
> 1/4 page ad - $75.00
> business card size ad - $30.00
> Deadline is Monday, February 11, 2008
>
> Please contact Oya at 313.544.8493 for more information.
> Create the change you want to see in the world
>
> 3Rs Progressive Film Festival features films and videos that celebrate the
> power of activism. The diverse range of international films goes beyond
> the boundaries of mainstream media and challenges viewers to become agents
> of change within their community and the world.
>
> There will be discussions with local filmmakers and activists. Sam
> Greenlee, author of the Spook Who Sat by the Door; Professor Griff of
> Public Enemy, Grace Lee Boggs, Abayomi Azikiwe, and many others will
> participate in panels that will facilitate dialogue and solutions.
>
> Organizations that are actively involved in the peace movement,
> environmental rights, challenging the inequities within the educational,
> justice, and prison industrial systems, water rights, and electoral
> politics will also be present.
>
> Friday, February 22, 2008
>
> WE: The documentary featuring Arundahti Roy
> 6:00 pm
>
> Intermission
>
> Turn Off Channel Zero
> 7:30 pm
> **********
> Detroit: Cycles of the Mental Machine
> 8:45 pm
> **********
>
> PANEL
> Moderated by Professor Griff
> **********
>
> Saturday, February 23, 2008
> The Waterfront
> 12:00 pm
> **********
>
> The Spook Who Sat By The Door
> 1:30 pm
> **********
>
> Trials of Darryl Hunt
> 3:15 pm
>
> **********
> PANEL
> Moderated by Sam Greenlee
> (author of Spook Who Sat By The Door)
> **********
> American Blackout
> 5:30 pm
> **********
>
> Our Story, Our Voices
> 7:15 pm
> **********
> FREE Sunday, February 24, 2008
> with free health screenings
> all day provided by
> Nurse Betty's Community Care Connection
>
> SiCKO
> 12:00 pm
> **********
>
> HR676
> with a special introduction
> **********
>
> SPECIAL PANEL ON UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE
> **********
>
> The Truth About the Right to Work Initiative
>
> **********
> SPECIAL PANEL ON THE RIGHT TO WORK INITIATIVE
> Times and films are subject to change without notice.
>
> -------------------------------------------------------
> AMAKISI UNLIMITED LLC
> Oyatunde Amakisi,
> CEO and Producer
>
> Oyatunde Amakisi is an activist, artist, and the CEO of Amakisi Unlimited
> LLC, a Detroit based company that utilizes art as a tool of empowerment
> and healing through enriching cultural programs. Ms. Amakisi envisions
> Amakisi Unlimited LLC as a multifaceted company that facilitates unique
> entertaining venues that educate and inspire men, women, and children of
> all races and economic backgrounds to work cooperatively to create
> positive change in our community.
>
> Amakisi Unlimited LLC has a strong history in Detroit, and has
> consistently supported and featured the extraordinary talents of national
> and local artists in its programming.
>
> Ms. Amakisi is currently producing the 3Rs (RESTORATION, RESURRECT, AND
> REVOLUTION) Film Festival 2008 and the Second Annual Detroit Women of
> Color International Film Festival.
>
> Last year she produced the Detroit Women of Color International Film
> Festival at the Johanson Charles Gallery. The audience was over 500
> people covering a two day weekend. She also successfully produced the
> SACRED WATERS Spirituality Film Festival in October 2007.