Events

Welcome to Shelbyville

A Film Screening and Discussion about Immigration and Change

Monday, February 7, 2011, 6:30-8:30 pm (Doors open at 6:30 pm; Screening at 7:00 pm)

Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center

3940 Broadway (at 165^th St.)

New York, New York

(Subway: A, C, or 1 train to 168^th St)

FREE ADMISSION

Welcome to Shelbyville, a documentary by award-winning filmmaker Kim A. Snyder, will be the focus of a film screening and discussion in Harlem on February 7. Set against the backdrop of a shaky economy, Welcome to Shelbyville takes an intimate look at a southern town as its residents - whites and African Americans, Latinos and Somalis - grapple with their beliefs, their histories and their evolving ways of life. The documentary is directed and produced by Kim A. Snyder and executive produced by BeCause Foundation in association with Active Voice. It will air nationally on PBS' Independent Lens series in May 2011.

Following the film screening, Ms. Snyder joins with longtime Shelbyville resident Beverly Hewitt (featured in the film) and New York-based community leaders in a discussion about immigration, civil rights, and integration, and how these issues inform our communities.

This program is presented by the Museum for African Art and the Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center in partnership with Long Island Wins and Active Voice, and in association with the BeCause Foundation.

About the Museum for African Art

Since opening to the public in 1984, the Museum for African Art-a major center for African art and culture-has organized more than sixty exhibitions and produced engaging publications of the highest scholarly merit. Together, these and a broad range of public programs have illuminated Africa's rich artistic traditions and cultures.  Today, as it prepares to move into its new home on Fifth Avenue at 110 Street, in Manhattan, the Museum is expanding its agenda of exhibitions and educational activities.  www.africanart.org

About the Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center

The Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center continues the work of Malcom X and Dr. Betty Shabazz through the advancement of Human Rights and social justice. The Center is committed to bringing communities together through education and dialogue in order to build a just society.  www.theshabazzcenter.net

Museum for African Art education programs are supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and the May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation, Inc.