Black History Month Screening: This Is My Black

Tuesday, February 7 at 7 PM

In this groundbreaking musical documentary, the nuances of Black adolescence and surviving institutional violence are explored through the musically inclined students at Philadelphia’s Pine Forge Academy.

Pine Forge Academy Music Director Jarrett Roseborough will speak about his new film “This is My Black,” a musical that captures his students’ experience in response to the murder of George Floyd and other recent events. The film will screen at 7 PM on Tuesday, Feb. 7, and Roseborough will provide a Q&A with audiences. Admission is free.

Sponsored by The Liberation Movement, Colter’s Creek, WSU Office of Social Justice Education and Outreach, Schreck Family Foundation, Latah County Human Rights Task Force, Moscow Giving Circle, Lifelong Health Incorporated, U of I Black History Research Lab, and U of I Africana Studies.

Rated: Not Rated | 1 hr 06 min | Tickets: Free