Friday, Feb. 21 at 7pm
Screening Revolution ‘67
Produced & Directed by Marylou Tibaldo-Bongiorno
Runtime: 86:46 min. – POV Feature Film
Revolution ’67 is an illuminating account of events too often relegated to footnotes in U.S. history—the black urban rebellions of the 1960s. Focusing on the six-day Newark, N.J., outbreak on July 12, 1967, the film reveals how the disturbance began as spontaneous revolts against poverty and police brutality and ended as fateful milestones in America’s struggles over race and economic justice. Voices from across the spectrum recall lessons as hard-learned then as they have been easy to neglect since.
When black Newark, N.J., taxi driver John Smith was stopped for a traffic violation on July 12, 1967, the false rumor that he had been beaten to death by police spread through Newark’s impoverished neighborhoods. After six days of riots, 26 people died, 725 people were injured, and close to 1,500 people had been arrested.
FREE MOVIE NIGHTS AT THE MUSEUM
each 1st and 3rd Friday of the month, at 7pm.
at the Skid Row History Museum and Archive
a project of Los Angeles Poverty Department
FREE Movie Screenings, Free popcorn, Free Coffee & Free Conversation
