Community Gathering & Documentary Screening: The Black Candle: A Kwanzaa Celebration

Program Type:

Arts, Movies & Performances, Community

Age Group:

All ages
Please note you are looking at an event that has already happened.

Event Details

Learn about this cultural holiday and the principle of Umoja (unity), use symbolic colors to make a Mkeka (mat) and Kinara (candle holder), and enjoy a screening of The Black Candle: A Kwanzaa Celebration, a documentary by M.K. Asante Jr.

Narrated by Maya Angelou, the film documents the struggle and triumph of African-American family, community and culture, using Kwanzaa as a vehicle to celebrate the African American experience. It also explores the holiday's growth from its origins during the Black Power movement of the 1960s to its present-day reality as a global, pan-African holiday embraced by more than 40 million celebrants.

All ages.