Name: Truth Tellers: An Artist’s Journey to Uphold our Founding Ideals
Start: 2022-07-08T18:30:00-04:00
End: 2022-07-08T20:30:00-04:00
Location: National Portrait Gallery

Truth Tellers: An Artist’s Journey to Uphold our Founding Ideals

The Smithsonian's Anacostia Community Museum documents and preserves communities’ memories, struggles, and successes, and offers a platform where diverse voices and cultures can be heard.

Smithsonian's Anacostia Community Museum

Film Screening, Performance, and Discussion

National Portrait Gallery

Join us at the National Portrait Gallery for an exclusive screening of a new documentary about the power of teaching social justice through art. Truth Tellers is a new documentary film chronicling the lives of courageous Americans fighting for peace, racial equity, environmental justice, and indigenous rights through the eyes of Robert Shetterly, a long-time activist and artist. The film explores the intersection of these issues stressing the urgency of coming together to confront them and galvanizing our resolve to uphold our country’s founding ideals.Through following Shetterly’s visits to individuals and communities across this nation, Truth Tellers explores his journey to inspire and empower Americans to emulate his “models of courageous citizenship”. His story is an urgent reminder that courage and dissent play a critical role in protecting American rights and liberties and indeed our democracy.Immediately after the film will be a discussion moderated by Asantewa Boakyewa, Associate Director, Collections and Exhibits (Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum), Mr. Shetterly, and Rev. Lennox Yearwood, President and CEO of the <a href="https://hiphopcaucus.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Hip-Hop Caucus</a>, and is featured in the film. Attendees will also have the opportunity to see a performance by <a href="https://emmasrevolution.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Emma’s Revolution</a>, the award-winning activist duo of Pat Humphries &amp; Sandy O, whose songs have been sung for the Dalai Lama, praised by Pete Seeger and covered by Holly Near.Come early to view the exhibition <a href="https://npg.si.edu/exhibition/struggle-justice" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The Struggle for Justice</a>, that looks at the history of democracy in this country, and the individuals that have fought to bring equal opportunity to all.This program is jointly presented by two Smithsonian museums – the <a href="https://anacostia.si.edu/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Anacostia Community Museum</a> and the <a href="https://npg.si.edu/home/national-portrait-gallery" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">National Portrait Gallery</a>.See the trailer for the film<a href="https://www.truthtellersfilm.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> here</a>.

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