About this Event
“In 1970, a group of young Puerto Rican activists took over a decrepit hospital in New York City, launching a battle for their lives, their community, and healthcare for all.”
As part of a series of archival film nights, this event will feature a screening and discussion with the filmmaker, Emma Francis-Snyder, of the recent 2021 documentary Takeover, which recounts the radical organizing and activism of the Young Lords in NYC in the 1970s. Through archival photographs, news footage, interviews with participants and recreations, it tells the story of one of their key actions: their takeover of the Lincoln Hospital in the Bronx.
The screening will be followed by a chance to discuss with the filmmaker and reflect collectively on the film and the broader significance and strategies of these actions and histories today. Supplemented by additional archival social movement materials, the hope for this event is to not only foreground often overlooked activist histories of the city, but also reflect together more broadly on political organizing, health, and historical methods/archives/media, particularly in relation to current and ongoing struggles.
Masks are encouraged but not required.
MORE ABOUT THE FILM:
Takeover explores the twelve historic hours on July 14, 1970, in which fifty members of the Young Lords Party stormed the dilapidated Lincoln Hospital in the South Bronx, drove out their administrative staff, barricaded entrances and windows, and made their cries for decent healthcare known to the world. They raised the Puerto Rican flag atop the building, as well as a banner reading “The People’s Hospital” – a nom de guerre still used today. Through archival footage, seamless reenactments, and modern-day interviews, we follow the Young Lords’ resistance against institutions curated by wealth and white supremacy, and their fight for the most basic of human rights: the right to accessible, quality healthcare.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Interference Archive, 314 7th Street, Brooklyn, United States
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