New Mexico Black Leadership Council

Category: Performing Arts and Film

  • August Wilson’s Two Trains Running

    August Wilson’s Two Trains Running

    Explore the depth of racism’s roots in America with August Wilson’s Pulitzer-finalist 1990 play. The last in Wilson’s Pittsburgh cycle, the play takes place in the context of the civil-rights movement, rioting, and gentrification, and focuses on Memphis Lee’s attempts to get a fair price for his restaurant when the city pans to demolish it.

  • Chicharra Poetry Slam Festival Finals

    Chicharra Poetry Slam Festival Finals

    Don’t miss the hotly anticipated Chicharra (Cicada) Poetry Slam Festival Finals, where the nation’s top talents compete and the poetry buzzes with life! You won’t soon forget the poetry – from passionate love poems to powerful social commentary – you hear on this incredible night.

    Team and solo competitions. Adults $25/kids $10. Come early to connect with the community!

     

  • DAHOMEY

    DAHOMEY

    DAHOMEY is a poetic and immersive documentary, delving into far-reaching issues surrounding appropriation, self-determination, and restitution. From acclaimed filmmaker Mati Diop (Atlantics), the film is set in November 2021, examining 26 royal treasures from the Kingdom of Dahomey that are due to leave Paris and return to their country of origin, the present-day Republic of Benin.  Winner of the coveted Golden Bear prize at the 2024 Berlinale.

  • Ernest Cole: Lost and Found

    Ernest Cole: Lost and Found

    This doc follows the life and work of Ernest Cole, one of the first Black freelance photographers in South Africa. Cole’s early pictures, shocked the world as they exposed the reality of Black life under apartheid.
    The director allows Cole to largely tell his own story through his writings and the vivid lens of his work.

  • Sunday Family Movie: Kazaam

    Sunday Family Movie: Kazaam

    Shaquille O’Neal takes on young Max’s problems as a seven-foot-genie named Kazaam!

  • Tracy Morgan

    Tracy Morgan

    After the six-car pileup that left him in a coma in 2014, comedian Tracy Morgan is back on the road doing the stand-up that made him famous. Don’t miss your chance to see his live show!

  • Our Freedom Can’t Wait

    Our Freedom Can’t Wait

    What if we could …

    🤲🏾 Gather together in a room with beautiful food and music?

    🤲🏽 Share our stories with no pressure, fear, or judgment?

    🤲🏻 Connect authentically, making space for strangers to become allies?

    How healing would that be?

    For the second year in a row, High Desert Playback and Explora Science Center’s X Studio come together in celebration of the National Day of Racial Healing. This initiative, launched in 2017 by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, is “a time to contemplate our shared values and create the blueprint together for #HowWeHeal from the effects of racism.”

    Our Freedom Can’t Wait: A Playback Theatre Gathering For Racial Healing
    Thursday, January 23, 2024, 5-9PM
    Explora Science Center, 1701 Mountain Rd NW, ABQ, NM
    For Teens + Adults / FREE

    Learn more and RSVP here.

  • The Muppet Christmas Carol

    The Muppet Christmas Carol

    Join the Muppets for a classic holiday caper, with Kermit as Bob Cratchit, Michael Caine as Scrooge, and many more Muppets throughout! Free showing at the International District Library.

  • Thelma film screening

    Thelma film screening

    See Richard Roundtree (sometimes called “the first Black action hero”) of “Shaft” fame in his final role, playing Ben in support of June Squibb (as Thelma) as they seek the perpetrator of a scam, riding Ben’s expensive scooter all the way.

    Part of San Pedro Library’s “Movies for Grown-Ups” series.

  • Border Stories Exhibit and Performance

    Border Stories Exhibit and Performance

    The mixed-media doors in this exhibit tell the stories of immigrants and advocates at the Cristo Rey Border Immersion Program, as told to advanced Spanish-language students at Sandia Prep.

    At this free event, learn more about the exhibition, create artwork inspired by the doors (facilitated by students from the school), and enjoy special performances by Ballet Folklórico Fiesta Mexicana and the Albuquerque High Mariachi Band.

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