Film Screening of Up from the Bottoms: The Search for the American Dream
威尼斯人娱乐场 at Kansas City
Kansas City, MO
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On听Monday, December 10听at 6:00 p.m.,听the 威尼斯人娱乐场 will host an evening film screening of Up From the Bottoms: The Search for the American Dream. 听Reservations听听are requested for this听free program.
Up From the Bottoms traces the experiences of African Americans, now in their 80's and 90's who migrated north in the 1940s to the war factories in the north, specifically those in Michigan. The film is narrated by Emmy, Tony, and Academy听Award-winning actress Cicely Tyson听and features interviews with activist Dick Gregory. Since its release, the film has been incorporated into the curriculum at schools in the state of Michigan as an example of first-person accounts of struggle and sacrifice.听This program is presented in partnership with the Greater KC Black History Study Group and the American Jazz Museum.听
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