Where Do We Go From Here? | Documentary Film Festival

The Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute at Stanford University assembles and disseminates comprehensive resources about King’s life and the movements he inspired to diverse worldwide audiences. While the Institute focuses on the completion of the definitive, multi-volume edition ofThe Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr., its mission incorporates related activities and programs. These include publication of other books intended for general and scholarly audiences as well as hosting conferences, symposia, and other public events designed to enhance understanding of King's life, ideas, and legacy. In addition, the Institute’s Liberation Curriculum initiative produces educational materials and lesson plans, and conducts teacher development workshops encouraging the use of the Papers Project's online documentary materials. kinginstitute.stanford.edu

The Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute at Stanford University

A documentary film festival and webinar on the global freedom struggle that speak to MLK's unanswered question | REGISTRATION REQUIRED

For this year's King Holiday, the <a href="https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Martin Luther King Jr. Research and Education Institute at Stanford University</a> will host a free, four-day film festival and webinar, from the evening of Jan. 15 through Jan.18, 2021. On the eve of the presidential inauguration, the festival will feature twenty documentaries as well as musical performances and conversations that speak to Dr. King's unanswered question: "Where do we go from here?" The webinar will consist of a Zoom meeting room with our director Dr. Clayborne Carson that will take place throughout the weekend, in which he will speak with registrants on a variety of subjects, from Bay Area civil rights history to the legacy of the African American Gandhians. The Zoom link will be emailed to registrants from "The MLK Institute."The films and performances made available to registrants include the following: Friday, January 15, 2021 — Opening Night<ul><li>At the Table with Dr. King | <a href="https://mizelmuseum.org/program/at-the-table-with-dr-king/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">More Info</a></li><li>Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: Through the Eyes of Children | <a href="https://healdsburgjazz.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">More Info</a></li><li>One Voice: The Story of the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir | <a href="https://healdsburgjazz.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"></a><a href="https://vimeo.com/192078157" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Trailer</a></li><li>River City Drumbeat | <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1uIrzGHn54" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Trailer</a></li></ul>Saturday, January 16, 2021 — Where Are We?<ul><li>Berkeley in the Sixties | <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gjaoh7UQvcE" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Trailer</a></li><li>Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin | <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjxjNYFQeKo" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Trailer</a></li><li>Freedom On My Mind: The Story of Freedom Summer | <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIsIBtWUq1I" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Trailer</a></li><li>Fundi: The Story of Ella Baker | <a href="http://icarusfilms.com/if-ell1" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Trailer</a></li><li>James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket | <a href="https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/james-baldwin-film-james-baldwin-the-price-of-the-ticket/2632/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Trailer</a></li><li>Love and Solidarity: Rev. James Lawson &amp; Nonviolence in the Search for Workers' Rights | <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tXvpsTV33c" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Trailer</a></li><li>There's Your Ready Girl: The Life and Legacy of Dorothy F. Cotton | <a href="https://vimeo.com/459125379" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Trailer</a></li></ul>Sunday, January 17, 2021 — Who Are We?<ul><li>Al Helm: Martin Luther King in Palestine | <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7MiHmAq0Eo" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Trailer</a></li><li>Blacks and Jews | <a href="https://www.pbs.org/video/pov-blacks-and-jews-trailer/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Trailer</a></li><li>Have You Heard From Johannesburg?: From Selma to Soweto | <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pzkoue9q3B4" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Trailer</a></li><li>Have You Heard From Johannesburg?: The Bottom Line | <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pzkoue9q3B4" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Trailer</a></li><li>Mother, Daughter, Sister | <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62yHVGTEe3o" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Trailer</a></li><li>In The Name of Love: 19th Annual Musical Tribute Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. | <a href="https://www.livingjazz.org/mlktribute" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">More Info</a></li><li>The Third Harmony: Nonviolence and the New Story of Human Nature | <a href="https://vimeo.com/453487010" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Trailer</a></li></ul>Monday, January 18, 2021 — Where Should We Go?<ul><li>At the River I Stand: The 1968 Memphis Sanitation Workers Strike and the Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King | <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzRUwwRQzVc&feature=emb_title" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Trailer</a></li><li>I Am MLK Jr. | <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwdCej72X-A" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Trailer</a></li><li>King in the Wilderness | <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVGRg89DbyM" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Trailer</a></li><li>The March | <a href="https://www.tandisjenhudson.com/the-march-bbcpbs" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Trailer</a></li><li>We Are the Dream: The Kids of the Oakland MLK Oratorical Fest | <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5Gr6csM7jc" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Trailer</a></li></ul>These cover a range of topics, from the history of the civil rights and anti-apartheid movements to James Baldwin and Martin Luther King's global visions. Although we have organized the films thematically into days, registrants will be able to view these films throughout the King Holiday weekend on their own schedules via links we will send to your email via Eventbrite.The festival will introduce the World House Project, a new initiative of the King Institute in partnership with the <a href="https://fsi.stanford.edu/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford</a>. This festival is also in partnership with the <a href="https://mlkfreedomcenter.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Center</a>, <a href="http://newsreel.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">California Newsreel</a>, <a href="http://www.clarityfilms.org/index.html" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Clarity Films</a>, the <a href="https://arts.stanford.edu/office-of-the-vice-president-for-the-arts/camera-as-witness/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Camera as Witness Program (Stanford Arts)</a>, the <a href="https://orsl.stanford.edu/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Office for Religious &amp; Spiritual Life at Stanford</a>, and the <a href="https://www.kunhardtfilmfoundation.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Kunhardt Film Foundation</a>. It is made possible with support from <a href="https://xqsuperschool.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">XQ Institute</a>.Registration RequiredRegistrants will receive updates and links and passwords for the films. For more details, visit our <a href="https://cddrl.fsi.stanford.edu/world-house/2021-mlk-day-film-festival" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">website</a>.If you have any questions, please contact Truman Chen at trumanwc@stanford.edu.Photo Credit: Bob Fitch Photography Archive © Stanford Libraries

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