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Film: "Five on the Black Hand Side"
2024-06-21 16:30:00 2024-06-21 18:00:00 America/New_York Film: "Five on the Black Hand Side" A two-day, two-part viewing of the 1973 film "Five on the Black Hand Side" that highlights the culture and strength that Juneteenth inspires and encourages. (PG-13) Oxon Hill - Lecture Hall

Friday, June 21
4:30pm - 6:00pm

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Oxon Hill

Lecture Hall

A two-day, two-part viewing of the 1973 film "Five on the Black Hand Side" that highlights the culture and strength that Juneteenth inspires and encourages. (PG-13)

Part 1 of the film will be shown on June 20, and Part 2 of the film will be shown on June 21. Registrants are encouraged to go to both parts to view the entire film.

About the film: Leonard Jackson plays a barber who is also the domineering head of a middle-class African American family. Jackson is forced to rethink his values when his previously docile wife joins their three children in rebelling against her husband's retrogressive behavior.  

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AGE GROUP: | Teen (13-18 yrs) | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Films | Black Heritage |

TAGS: | Juneteenth | Film | Black Heritage |

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