Bay Area museums reach beneath the surface for Black History Month
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Feb 02, 2021
If you ve taken a stroll down Fulton Street anytime since this past June, odds are you ve seen the bold yellow letters reading Black Lives Matter. A collaborative effort between the African American Art and Culture Complex and the Bay Area Mural Program, the community-made street art spans several blocks you can t miss it. The slogan for the Black Liberation Movement is everywhere lately. From T-shirts to email signatures, the once-radical phrase is now plastered on nearly every surface. As Black History Month is here, I find myself wondering, as cultural critic and author of
The SF Urban Film Fest is proud to announce its lineup for the 7th Annual SF Urban Film Fest, Wisdom Lives in Places, taking place February 14-21, 2021. Amidst our new reality, the need to address our most pressing urban issues is more necessary than ever before. This year our programming suggests the way forward is to honor the wisdom that s been here, long before 2020, from folks who have been resilient in the face of adversity, showing us how not only to survive but to thrive. SF Urban Film Fest has always been a space to uplift the diverse voices of the city, says Fay Darmawi, Founder and Executive Director of the SF Urban Film Fest. In pursuing our mission in the new world presented by COVID-19, we are finding ways to keep the civic spark alive by meeting community members where they re at. We re asking our audience members this year: What can you find that s always been there in yourself? How can you use it in a new way to be part of and make a more vibrant, equitable comm