Bonus: Take This Hammer Documentary Screening
If you are looking to get out of the city for this long holiday weekend, head up to Pleasantville, New York for The Jacob Burns Film Center’s screening of the historic James Baldwin documentary, Take This Hammer. Less than an hour long train wide away from Grand Central Terminal, The Jacob Burns Film Center is a nonprofit cultural arts center in upstate New York. The documentary, created by author and activist James Baldwin, takes place in California in the spring of 1963. Baldwin uses the film to illustrate “the real situation of Negroes in the city, as opposed to the image San Francisco would like to present.” JBFC will show the controversial original version, which includes 15 minutes of footage featuring scenes of young people, including Black Muslims, speaking about their lives and the police. Portions of this film were featured in the Academy Award-nominated documentary I Am Not Your Negro.
You can but tickets for the 5:10pm screening on Monday, January 21st here.
