In partnership with the Double Exposure Fi lm Festival and the DC Public Library Foundation\, learn how The Negro Motorist Green Book helped African-Americans navigate the roads of a segregated nation. Immediately following the film\, join us for a convers ation with documentary film director and screenwriter Yoruba Ruchen. \ ;
\nFor reasonable accommodations\, please contact the Center fo r Accessibility at 202-727-2142 or DCPLaccess@dc.gov. For ASL or tactile i nterpretation\, please allow at least seven (7) days notice.
\nLearn more about the film below.
\nIn the 1930s\, a black postal carrier from Harlem named Victor G reen published a book that was part travel guide and part survival guide. It was called The Negro Motorist Green Book\, and it helped African-Americ ans navigate safe passage across America well into the 1960s. Explore some of the segregated nation's safe havens and notorious "sundown towns" and witness stories of struggle and indignity as well as opportunity and trium ph.
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Yoruba Richen is an award-winning documentary filmmaker whose work has been featured on mul tiple outlets\, including Netflix\, MSNBC\, FX/Hulu\, HBO\, and PBS. Her m ost recent film The Rebellious Life of Mrs Rosa Parks premiered at Tribeca Film Festival and won a Peabody Award. It is currently streaming on Peaco ck. Other recent work includes the Emmy-nominated films American Reckoning (Frontline)\, How It Feels to Be Free (American Masters)\, The Sit In: Ha rry Belafonte Hosts the Tonight Show (Peacock)\, and Green Book: Guide to Freedom (Smithsonian Channel).
\nShe directed an episode of the awar d-winning series Black and Missing for HBO and High on the Hog for Netflix . Her film\, The Killing of Breonna Taylor won an NAACP Image Award and is streaming on HULU. Her previous films\, The New Black and Promised Land w on multiple festival awards before airing on PBS&rsquo\;s Independent Lens and P.O.V. Yoruba is a past Guggenheim and Fulbright fellow and she won t he Creative Promise Award at Tribeca All Access. She was a Sundance Produc ers Fellow and Women&rsquo\;s Fellow and is a recipient of the Chicken &am p\; Egg Breakthrough Filmmaker&rsquo\;s Award. Yoruba is the founding dire ctor of the Documentary Program at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Jo urnalism at CUNY. She founded Promised Land Film\, which focuses on produc ing nuanced\, compelling documentary films that illuminate issues of race\ , space\, and power.
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Tammy \;L. Brown is a w
riter\, educator\, and artist. She earned her B.A. in international histor
y\, \;magna cum laude\, from Harvard University and her Ph.D. in Ameri
can history and African diaspora studies from Princeton University. As ass
ociate professor of history at Howard University\, \;Tammy&rsquo\;s te
aching\, writing\, and service to her community are connected through her
interest in art\, technology\, and biography as a methodological approach.
Dr. Brown&rsquo\;s research\, writing\, and art range from
historical studies to abstract paintings and multimedia poetry. \;Tamm
y's research on race\, feminism\, art\, and politics has been featured in
various media outlets including TEDx\, the American Civil Liberty Union's
blog\, NPR\, and Vox.com. Dr. Brown&rsquo\;s selected awards include the H
eanon Wilkins Faculty Fellowship and the Lavatus Powell Outstanding Facult
y Diversity Award at Miami University\, and a Sustaining the Humanities th
rough the American Rescue Plan (SHARP) grant from the National Endowment o
f the Humanities.
The Negro Motorist G reen Book\, an exhibition developed by the Smithsonian Institution Traveli ng Exhibition Service (SITES) in collaboration with award-winning author\, photographer\, and cultural documentarian\, Candacy Taylor\, offers an im mersive look at the reality of travel for African Americans in mid-century America and how the annual guide served as an indispensable resource for the nation&rsquo\;s rising African American middle class and evidence of a vibrant business class. DC Public Library is producing a section of the e xhibit on DC and the Green Book.
\nClick here to learn more about the Exhibit
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The Double Exposure Film Festival\nDouble Exposure\, a project of the investigative news organization \;100Reporters\, celebrates the finest new films inspired by the inve stigative instinct. It combines film screenings for the public with a prof essional symposium for journalists and visual storytellers.
\nMoving towards its tenth edition\, DX \;does more than just identify and cel ebrate a new genre of filmmaking. It casts this vital body of work toward recognition as a coherent artistic vision. It connects audience appreciati on for creative output to the rights of reporters and filmmakers to pursue investigations in the public interest\; it ties stirrings of artistic cur iosity to practical consequences and groundbreaking storytelling to policy changes.
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The DC Public Library Foundation
\nThe DC Public Library Foundation was founded in 1985 t o coordinate funding for a mural of Martin Luther King\, Jr. and has since secured and administered over $4M in funding for DC Public Library progra ms\, with literacy and children&rsquo\;s programs as key focus areas. \; \;Click here \;to learn more about this mural and its artist\, Don Miller.
\nThe District of Columbia Public Library itself was cre ated in 1896 by an act of Congress and is dedicated to providing environme nts that invite reading\, learning and community discussion\, and opportun ities for lifelong learning. The first branch of the DC Public Library was built in 1911 in Takoma Park. Soon after\, additional facilities were add ed. The library system now includes 24 neighborhood libraries &mdash\; thr ee of which were Carnegie built &mdash\; and one central library.
\nFor over 100 years\, DCPL has played a major role in serving all District residents &ndash\; from the most affluent to those struggling to survive.& nbsp\; The Library is proud to be a recognized force in the community for engaging the mind\, expanding opportunities and elevating the quality of l ife.
\nThe Foundation has raised substantial funds to support such p rograms as the library&rsquo\;s Summer Reading program\; citywide initiati ves to support early literacy\, such as &ldquo\;Sing\, Talk and Read\,&rdq uo\; which helps young parents learn the importance of using books to inte ract with their babies\; computer training classes\, especially for job se ekers\; and programs serving the Spanish-speaking population and those in need of special services such as the deaf or visually impaired. Additional ly\, the Foundation increases collections to help the library provide the best and newest books and other materials and increases library patrons&rs quo\; access to emerging technologies.
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