See 'Black Is Beautiful' film - Photographed Icons

Let's see the story of Kwame Brathwaite, a Harlem photographer & activist who captured such icons as Stevie Wonder, Muhammad Ali, Nina Simone & the Jackson Five in the 50s thru 2023. He also found beauty in regular folk on the streets & was devoted to celebrating the joy and beauty of African American life.

Read this Guardian Review! This doc is writer-director Yemi Bamiro's "exhilarating record of a game-changing photographer".

Teaser 1: PBS Black Is Beautiful Exhibit
Teaser 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwingzhxYfw

I strongly recommend buying your tkt ahead as this may sell out.

620 pm Black Is Beautiful - the Kwame Brathwaite Story documentary (2025, 98 mins, Eng) More info/BUY TIX here: https://viff.org/whats-on/black-beautiful-kwame-brathwaite/

This BC Premiere is part of our Celebrating Black Futures series co-presented with Vancouver Art Gallery and curated by Kika Memeh.

We'll sit on the balcony level, 2nd floor of the theater. Take the stairs or elevator up. We'll sit in middle to left side of the 2nd & 3rd rows. I'll post our exact location in the Comments. Arrive 15 mins early if you'd like to sit with the group. Please say Hi when you arrive so I know you're here! :)

**If you might like to join for a visit to the Vancr Art Gallery's related exhibit, Enemy Alien: Tamio Wakayama at 4 pm & a quick snack before the film, msg me direct thru meetup by noon Tues (Feb 10) for details.

We’ll have a short chat about the film afterwards if there's interest.

I hope you can come to this eye-opening film!

Extra! in collab with VAG, artist Paul Wong curated this series of songs directly related to the Civil Rights Movement, inspired by their exhibit. Playlist

**A friendly reminder this meetup group has membership dues of $5 a yr to cover the subscription fee charged by meetup ($450-ish annually). If you enjoy receiving these film notices, here's how to pay your $5 dues for 2026: 1. You can give your organizer $5 cash at your next meetup. They will put a note in the meetup Comments re your payment. 2. You can etransfer me (Karen K) directly. Msg me for details.

Another fun thing:
*We're going to a cute short play at Presentation House: The Baking Show Show on Fri, Feb 13 (I'm seat B9). If you get a tkt, msg me. https://www.phtheatre.org/2025-2026-season/