About this Event
The Sankofa Cinema Club Meeting
For the month of October, we are going to watch a double feature of Woman in Motion: Nichelle Nichols, Star Trek and The Remaking of NASA and Rita Dove - An American Poet
Woman in Motion: Nichelle Nichols, Star Trek and The Remaking of NASA
Nichelle Nichols' daunting task to launch a national blitz for NASA, recruiting 8,000 of the nation's best and brightest, including the trailblazing astronauts who became the first African American, Asian and Latino men and women to fly in space.
Rita Dove - An American Poet
The film is made in part of a series of in-depth, on-camera, conversations with Poet Laureate Rita Dove—conducted and recorded by Eduardo Montes-Bradley between September 2012, and October 2013. These conversations were later edited using with hundreds of still images and several hours of home movies from the Dove family's collection.
The intimacy of the dialogue accounts for a unique, and very personal insight into the wide range of Dove's artistic passions. Most of these images are the results of the efforts of Rita Dove's father (Ray A. Dove) to record family life in the 1950s and 1960s. Mr. Ray Dove recorded in 8mm and Super 8mm birthdays, the opening of gifts on Christmas Day year after year, holidays and family excursions. According to the filmmaker, "Rita's father is omnipresent and perhaps the silent protagonist of the film as he captured images of Rita which have become fundamental clues to the evolution of the suburban middle class African American child into the celebrated poet we know and recognize."
Join us at the Brooklyn Public Library - Macon Branch on Saturday, October 17, 2026 at 12 noon for a fun meetup featuring a double feature film screening and an engaging discussion. It's a great chance to connect with fellow film lovers, share thoughts and enjoy some awesome rarely seen cinema together. Don't miss out on this chill afternoon in the summer of movies and conversations!
Event venue & nearby stays
Brooklyn Public Library - Macon Branch, 361 Lewis Avenue, Brooklyn, United States
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