Free Admission - The Film Society of Minneapolis/St. Paul Neighborhood Night at the Movies

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

6pm reception at Aster cafe

7pm screening of Sing Your Song at St. Anthony Main Theatre

http://www.mspfilmsociety.org/content/sing-your-song

FREE for St. Anthony Main/Minneapolis Riverfront neighbors!

Please RSVP to events@mspfilmsociety.org or call 612.331.7563

"A celebration of singer, actor and social activist Harry Belafonte, "Sing Your Song" does three things only a superior bio-doc can do: Tell a stirring life story, place that life in the context of its times, and portray it with the kind of depth and breadth that makes you wonder why it hasn't been told before." - Variety

Wonderfully archived, and told with a remarkable sense of intimacy, visual style, and musical panache, Susanne Rostock’s inspiring biographical documentary, Sing Your Song, surveys the life and times of singer/actor/activist Harry Belafonte. From his rise to fame as a singer, inspired by Paul Robeson, and his experiences touring a segregated country, to his provocative crossover into Hollywood, Belafonte’s groundbreaking career personifies the American civil rights movement and impacted many other social-justice movements.

Rostock reveals Belafonte as a tenacious hands-on activist, who worked intimately with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., mobilized celebrities for social justice, participated in the struggle against apartheid in South Africa, and took action to counter gang violence, prisons, and the incarceration of youth.

Because of his beliefs, Belafonte drew unwarranted invasions by the FBI into both his personal life and career, which led to years of struggle. But an indomitable sense of optimism motivates his path even today as he continues to ask, at 84, "What do we do now?" His example may very well inspire you to action. S2BN Films