Friday April 13th - 7pm
Screening of "Eyes of the Rainbow"
The African American Museum
701 Arch Street
Philadelphia, PA

Video, color, 47 min, 1997
Director of Photography:
Raul Rodriguez, Jose M. Riera
Script and Director: Gloria Rolando

"Eyes of the Rainbow" deals with the life of Assata Shakur, the Black Panther who escaped from prison and was given political asylum in Cuba, where she has lived for close to 20 years. In it we visit with Assata in Havana and she tells us about her history and her life in Cuba. This film is also about Assata's AfroCuban context, including the Yoruba Orisha Oya, goddess of the ancestors, of war, of the cemetary and of the rainbow.

Followed by a Q&A and a discusion led by activist poet Euware Osayinde who will explain in detail Assata's life struggle with Amerikkka's criminal injustice system from the 70's to today.

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Join us also:

Saturday April 14th 2007

The AFSC

The Friends Center
1501 Cherry Street ( just several blocks from city hall)

YOUTH TEACH-IN

From 2-4pm
There will be a family friendly event with children's activities that educate young people about Assata's life. There will be theatre games, coloring books and more!

SOUL ROCK FOR ASSATA!!!!!!!!

6-10pm

Ghetto Songbird (afro rock)
The Mighty paradocs ( afro rock)
RhapsodE ( spoken word song)
True Dialect ( revolutionary hip hop)
Misty Sol ( spoken word)
Just Greg ( spoken word)
With groovey revolutionary hip hop on the wheels of steel by DJ Aura

This show is packed with the HOTNESS. you don't want to miss this!