One show only – Monday, January 20 – 5:30 PM Cinemapolis

After the film, there will be a panel discussion about how the legacy of Dorothy Cotton can inspire and shape our response to injustice in our current historical moment.

Dorothy Foreman Cotton was a bold highly effective civil rights leader, who educated thousands in their citizenship rights and inspired generations of activists with her powerful freedom songs. The only woman on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s executive staff, Dorothy was a charismatic, courageous and consistently overlooked key player in the Civil Rights Movement.
Trailer: imdb.com/video/vi154976793/

“I love this movie… It’s beautifully shot, it’s compelling, it’s got humor and heart and heartbreak. It has a clear intersectional analysis. It is inherently optimistic, while also liberatory and radical.” – Che Broadnax, Filmmaker/Activist, Brooklyn, NY