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Spotlight Sundays: Cinemama Partnership Featuring Film Shorts and Conversation, August 16, 2026 1:00PM
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August 16, 2026
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Spotlight Sundays: Cinemama Partnership Featuring Film Shorts and Conversation
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This Spotlight Sundays we are excited to be partnering with Oakland’s filmmaking community hub Cinemama, featuring two local films exploring identity, place, and resilience. Welcome to the Neighborhood (28min) follows the Howard family who joined the growing number of African Americans moving to Berkeley during WWII. Directed by Pam Uzzell this story examines the forces of gentrification and the resistance movement led by Mable Howard. Blú Honey (19min) directed by filmmaker and poet Donté Clark is an homage to Clark’s hometown of Richmond. An emotive and poetic film, it traces the torching reality Black male experience across four generations and a spiritual commitment to community empowerment and liberation. Following the screenings, join us in conversation with Cinemama executive director, Niema Jordan, filmmaker Donté Clark, and interdisciplinary artist and urban cultural preservationist Rashida Chase as they explore notions of home and belonging.
Continue the conversation! The panelists and filmmakers will host a post program gathering in the adjacent space until 3:30. All are welcome to join!
This program is a part of our exhibition programming for Mildred Howard: Poetics of Memory on view through October 2026