This event is free and open to the public
The Burchfield Penney's second screening of The Blackness Project, created by award-winning film producer Korey Green who seeks to rewrite America's racial narrative. The film is a featured length educational documentary about culture and race from the African American perspective.
Although inspired from conversations about the Whiteness Project, a documentary in which participants discuss race and the perceived loss of white privilege by white Americans, The Blackness Project goal is to educate, elevate, and engage Americans in an effort to bridge the racial divide in our country by creating a meaningful dialogue on race.
The event starts with a screening, and evolves into a conversation with a panel of community leaders.
“We are amazed by the powerful conversations that follow each film screening of The Blackness Project. The Buffalo community has embraced the vision and organizations continue to reach out to host a screening,” stated Green.
According, to Korey Green and executive producer Peter Johnson, “‘The Blackness Project’s mission is not to seek to divide, but to encourage serious conversations that lead to community led solutions.”