"Photography, Memory and the Black Panther Party's Delegation to the People's Republic of the Congo, May 1971" APRIL 30 AND MAY 1
The Photographic Memory Workshop and the Beinecke Library cordially invite you to our year-end symposium:
"Photography, Memory and the Black Panther Party's Delegation to the People's Republic of the Congo,
May 1971"
featuring
KATHLEEN CLEAVER
Former Information Minister for the International Black Panther Party
and
DENISE OLIVER-VELEZ
Former Black Panther and Young Lords Party member
and Former Executive Director of the Black Filmmaker Foundation
The Photographic Memory Workshop, celebrating its tenth anniversary, cordially invites you to attend its year-end symposium, "Photography, Memory and the Black Panther Party's Delegation to the People's Republic of the Congo, May 1971."
Kathleen Cleaver, who served as the International Black Panther Party's information minister, will present lost photographs of the Panthers' visit to the People's Republic of Congo in 1971 and reflect on that journey with Denise Oliver-Velez, a former member of the Black Panther Party and the Young Lords Party, who also made the trip. The talk by Kathleen Cleaver and Denise Oliver-Velez is part of a two-day event that reconsiders the Black Panthers' time in Africa. Screening and discussions of the documentaries A Panther in Africa (2004) and the rare William Klein film Eldridge Cleaver, Black Panther (1970) are also planned.
THURSDAY, APRIL 30
8pm: Afro American Cultural Center, 211 Park Street
A Panther in Africa (2004), a documentary screening. Introduction and discussion to be led by Terri Francis (Yale).
FRIDAY, MAY 1
2:30pm - 4:30pm: Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, 121 Wall Street, Rooms 38/39
Address by Kathleen Cleaver, former Information Minister for the International Black Panther Party, and Denise Oliver-Velez, former Black Panther and Young Lords Party member. Introduction by Alondra Nelson (Yale). Reception to follow.
5:30pm: Afro American Cultural Center, 211 Park Street - Film Screening
Screening of William Klein’s Eldridge Cleaver, Black Panther (1970), a rarely seen documentary about Eldridge Cleaver’s exile in Algiers. Introduction and discussion to be led by Kathleen Cleaver.
This event is sponsored by the Photographic Memory Workshop, the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, the Dean’s Fund, the MacMillan Center, and the Whitney Humanities Center.
"Photography, Memory and the Black Panther Party's Delegation to the People's Republic of the Congo,
May 1971"
featuring
KATHLEEN CLEAVER
Former Information Minister for the International Black Panther Party
and
DENISE OLIVER-VELEZ
Former Black Panther and Young Lords Party member
and Former Executive Director of the Black Filmmaker Foundation
The Photographic Memory Workshop, celebrating its tenth anniversary, cordially invites you to attend its year-end symposium, "Photography, Memory and the Black Panther Party's Delegation to the People's Republic of the Congo, May 1971."
Kathleen Cleaver, who served as the International Black Panther Party's information minister, will present lost photographs of the Panthers' visit to the People's Republic of Congo in 1971 and reflect on that journey with Denise Oliver-Velez, a former member of the Black Panther Party and the Young Lords Party, who also made the trip. The talk by Kathleen Cleaver and Denise Oliver-Velez is part of a two-day event that reconsiders the Black Panthers' time in Africa. Screening and discussions of the documentaries A Panther in Africa (2004) and the rare William Klein film Eldridge Cleaver, Black Panther (1970) are also planned.
THURSDAY, APRIL 30
8pm: Afro American Cultural Center, 211 Park Street
A Panther in Africa (2004), a documentary screening. Introduction and discussion to be led by Terri Francis (Yale).
FRIDAY, MAY 1
2:30pm - 4:30pm: Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, 121 Wall Street, Rooms 38/39
Address by Kathleen Cleaver, former Information Minister for the International Black Panther Party, and Denise Oliver-Velez, former Black Panther and Young Lords Party member. Introduction by Alondra Nelson (Yale). Reception to follow.
5:30pm: Afro American Cultural Center, 211 Park Street - Film Screening
Screening of William Klein’s Eldridge Cleaver, Black Panther (1970), a rarely seen documentary about Eldridge Cleaver’s exile in Algiers. Introduction and discussion to be led by Kathleen Cleaver.
This event is sponsored by the Photographic Memory Workshop, the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, the Dean’s Fund, the MacMillan Center, and the Whitney Humanities Center.
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