Recordings of Our Past Fora:
12 February 2022 | Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge
I Am Woman - Leap of Faith: Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge
In this video you will see the following from the 12 February 2022 screening of the Black Quaker Lives Matter Film Festival & Forum dedicated to Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge, Director of the Quaker United Nations Geneva (QUNO-Geneva)
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Trailer for the Black Quaker Lives Matter Film Festival & Forum (Cooper Vaughn)
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Introduction of program and guests (Dr. Harold D.Weaver)
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Post-screening dialogue between honoree Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge & Joyce Ajlouny, General Secretary of the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC).
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Audience Q & A with our guest and honoree.
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Closing remarks by Dr. Harold D. Weaver
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26 February 2022 | Howard Thurman
Backs Against The Wall: The Howard Thurman Story
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The 2022 Black Quaker Lives Matter Film Festival & Forum continued with a screening dedicated to civil rights mentor, preacher, theologian, poet, and author Howard Thurman.
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Prelude: African American Freedom Music.
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Trailer for the Black Quaker Lives Matter Film Festival & Forum (Cooper Vaughn).
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Introduction of program and guests (Dr. Harold D. Weaver).
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Post-screening dialogue between Thurman expert Dr. Mary Wade and Dr. Stephen W. Angell, Earlham School of Religion (Dr. Harold D. Weaver).
Audience Q & A with our guest experts.
Postscript on Retrospective Justice/Reparatory Justice (Susan Spina).
Closing remarks (Dr. Harold D. Weaver).
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Click here to watch: Backs Against The Wall: The Howard Thurman Story.
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Click here to view the Webinar chat for this event.
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12 March 2022 | Mahala Ashley Dickerson
Alaska On Line: Red Boucher Interviews Mahala Ashley Dickerson
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The 2022 Black Quaker Lives Matter Film Festival & Forum continued with a screening dedicated to courageous civil rights lawyer, philanthropist, and Alaska homesteader Mahala Ashley Dickerson.
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Prelude: African American Freedom Music.
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Trailer for the Black Quaker Lives Matter Film Festival & Forum (Cooper Vaughn).
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Introduction of program and guests (Dr. Harold D. Weaver).
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Post-screening dialogue between guest experts, Johnny Gibbons, law partner of Mahala Dickerson, & Taylor Brelsford, Quaker leader in Alaska (Dr. Harold D. Weaver).
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Audience Q & A with our guest experts.
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Postscript on Justice Testimony (Susan Spina).
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Closing remarks (Dr. Harold D. Weaver).
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26 March 2022 | Bayard Rustin
Brother Outsider The Story of Bayard Rustin
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The 2022 Black Quaker Lives Matter Film Festival & Forum continued with a screening dedicated to human-rights-movement leader, author, singer, and social critic Bayard Rustin.
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Prelude : African American Freedom Music by tenor Bayard Rustin.
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Trailer for the Black Quaker Lives Matter Film Festival & Forum (Cooper Vaughn).
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Introduction of program and guests (Dr. Harold D. Weaver).
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Post-screening dialogue between guest experts, Walter Naegle, Bayard’s partner and adopted son, and Dr. George Lakey , scholar-activist and Rustin collaborator (Dr. Harold D. Weaver) .
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Audience Q & A with our guest experts
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Closing remarks (Dr. Harold D. Weaver)
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9 April 2022 | Paul Robeson
Paul Robeson & His 200 Years of Quaker Ancestors
Paul Robeson: "I'm A Negro, I'm An American"
'WHYY/PBS “Movers & Makers: Joyce Mosley, Family Historian'
The 2022 Black Quaker Lives Matter Film Festival & Forum concluded with a hybrid screening dedicated to beleaguered leader Paul Robeson & his 200 years of Quaker ancestors in the USA.
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Prelude: African American Freedom Music by Paul Robeson.
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Trailer for the Black Quaker Lives Matter Film Festival & Forum (Cooper Vaughn).
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Introduction of program and guests (Dr. Harold D. Weaver).
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Post-screening dialogue between guest experts, Joyce Mosley, researcher and descendant of the Bustill-Douglass family; Dr. Mark Solomon, eminent historian and authority on African Americans and the Left; and Dr. Harold D. Weaver, Robeson researcher-advocate for over 50 years (Dr. Harold D. Weaver).
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Audience Q & A with our guest experts.
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Closing remarks (Dr. Harold D. Weaver).
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We are unable to provide access to the film, Paul Robeson “I’m A Negro I’m An American,” at this time. If you are interested in learning more about this film write to defa@german.umass.edu.