About this Event
LOVE, JOY AND POWER: TOOLS FOR LIBERATION–A feature-length documentary film about Black Voters Matter, Directed by Daresha Kyi
Follow the founders of Black Voters Matter Fund, Cliff Albright, April England Albright and LaTosha Brown, as they travel to 13 cities empowering African American voters, especially in the rural south, to turn out in record-breaking numbers and flip Georgia from red to blue in the 2020 Presidential election. This intimate, behind-the-scenes look at galvanizing grassroots organizing also details the many dangerous threats they faced to do this vital work.
The story takes on heightened urgency in the face of powerful attempts at voter suppression in the run-up to the 2026 mid-terms. It sheds keen light on the work that still remains to be done for America to make good on its promise of democracy for all.
Come see the film and join a community conversation. Admission free. Registration recommended:
Sunday, Sept. 20, 3:00pm at Just Bookish
Monday, Sept 21, 5:30pm at Boston Public Library, Shaw-Roxbury Branch
Wednesday, Sept. 23, 6:30pm at Mass College of Art & Design
Screening followed by Audience Conversation with filmmaker Daresha Kyi and Rev. Irene Monroe!
• Daresha Kyi is a writer, producer and director who uses film and television projects in English and Spanish as powerful tools for personal, political and social transformation. Love, Joy and Power”is her most recent film, preceded by prize-winners “Mama Bears,””Chavela,”and others. Daresha has been a fellow through Soros Equality, Film Independent, Sundance Institute and Women In Film, Breaking Through The Lense, Firelight Media Documentary Lab, Chicken & Egg Eggcelerator, Creative Capital and A Blade Of Grass. Her films have received funding from NEA, IDA, NBPC, NYSCA, NYFA, Frameline, Jerome, and the Women in Film Finishing Fund, among others. In addition to her film work, Daresha has produced award-winning television for WE, AMC, Oxygen, E!, Telemundo, Bravo, and FUSE, to name a few.
• Rev. Irene Monroe is anAfrican-American lesbian feminist public theologian, a sought-after speaker and preacher. She appears weekly on her podcast, “All Revved Up!” on WGBH/Boston Public Radio, and as a commentator on New England Channel NEWS (NECN). She’s a Huffington Post blogger and syndicated religion columnist, and a beloved supporter of LGBTQ+ communities in Boston and beyond.
Community Sponsors include: Activist Evenings-An Indivisible Group, AfroLatin.net, Black History in Action, Boston Teachers Union, Boston Public Library-Shaw-Roxbury Branch, Dunamis Boston, JP Progressives, JustBook-ish, MassArt, MASSCreative, Meraki Productions, Roxbury Film Festival, Scope Apparel (list in formation).
Donations Encouraged: Proceeds raised will be donated to the Black Voters Matter Fund.
Watch the trailer HERE!
Event venue & nearby stays
Massachusetts College of Art and Design, 621 Huntington Avenue, Boston, United States
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