Join us on Tuesdays in February as we celebrate Black History Month with our annual film festival. The 28th Annual Black Film Festival offers a Double Feature every week, with entertaining and thought-provoking shorts and full-length films.

4 pm     Citizen King  1h
A documentary that draws on input from a broad cross-section of people to examine to last five years of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s life.

6 pm Moonlight (2016)R |  1h 51minA timeless story of human self-discovery and connection, Moonlight chronicles the life of a young black man from childhood to adulthood as he struggles to find his place in the world while growing up in a rough neighborhood of Miami.

Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library                                                       901 G St. NW   Washington,  D.C.  20001

921 Pennsylvania Ave. SE Washington, DC 20003

The films of the Civil War are rich in the conflicts between the slave South and the abolitionist North. 

February 26, 4:00 pm: Slavery by Another Name   Samuel D. Pollard’s Slavery by Another Name (2012) documents how debt peonage or involuntary servitude took the place of slavery for as many of 80,000 African-Americans in the South after the Civil War — 9,000 of whom died in captivity. 

Based on the true story of USS Mason, a trailblazing World War II U.S. Navy Destroyer Escort that was manned mainly by African-American Sailors.  The PG-rated, 2004 movie stars legendary actor Ossie Davis, in his last film role.

United States Navy Memorial Naval Heritage Center

701 Pennsylvania Avenue                       Washington  D.C. 20004        www.navymemorial.org

CONTACT: Mark Weber, 202-380-0723 mweber@navymemorial.org or

CAPT Ed Gantt, USN (Ret.), 301-346-6192 or edward.gantt@dc.gov

Join us on Tuesdays in February as we celebrate Black History Month with our annual film festival. The 28th Annual Black Film Festival offers a Double Feature every week, with entertaining and thought-provoking shorts and full-length films.

                                                             4 pm      The Nine Lives of Marion Barry (2009, 78 mins)                                                       

                                                 6 pm    Loving (2016, 123mins)

Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library                                                       901 G St. NW   Washington,  D.C.  20001

House of Sweden  

2900 K Street Northwest

Washington, DC 20007

                                           Martha came to Sweden from Uganda at the age of 13 with her mother and sister. Niki was adopted by an artist family in Sweden as a child. Martha and Niki share their love of dance. The film is also about challenges in friendships. It is homage to dance, friendships and hip-hop. “Best Documentary” and Best Editing winner at the big film gala GULDBAGGEN – the Golden Award, Sweden’s equivalent of the Academy Awards. Sponsored by Embassy of Sweden, Washington, D.C.

921 Pennsylvania Ave. SE Washington, DC 20003

The films of the Civil War are rich in the conflicts between the slave South and the abolitionist North. 

February 19, 4:00pm: Freedom RoadJan Kadar’s Freedom Road (1979) captures the rare moment in South Carolina when Reconstruction created opportunities for free blacks to run for public office, own land, and even from protective alliances with poor white sharecroppers for mutual economic gain and self-protection. 

February 26, 4:00pm: Slavery by Another Name   Samuel D. Pollard’s Slavery by Another Name (2012) documents how debt peonage or involuntary servitude took the place of slavery for as many of 80,000 African-Americans in the South after the Civil War — 9,000 of whom died in captivity.