On Friday November 23rd, the biggest retail shopping day of the year also known as “Black Friday,” join Blackout for Human Rights as we kick off our fifth annual #BlackoutBlackFriday campaign, urging people nationwide to take part in an economic boycott of major retailers, and any corporations that violate human rights standards, and/or profit off the pain and suffering of others.

Launched in 2014, #BlackoutBlackFriday is a call-to-action encouraging individuals to refrain from shopping to protest social and economic injustice in the U.S., and instead engage in cultural activism. As an alternative, Blackout for Human Rights -- a collective founded by filmmaker Ryan Coogler with members including Ava DuVernay, Jesse Williams, Michael B. Jordan, Charles King and others -- has organized FREE events in New York City and Oakland, California to celebrate arts and culture, and to build solidarity against extreme capitalism and human right atrocities happening across the country.

This Friday Blackout for Human Rights will again partner with The Film Society of Lincoln Center to host a special screening and conversation with filmmaker, producer, director, artist, and musician Terence Nance, creator of the acclaimed HBO series "Random Acts of Flyness". Nance will be joined in conversation by filmmaker Michèle Stephenson of Rada Film Group. This event will be free and open to the public.