Alfreda's Black Earth, The Boys & The Bees & The Learning Tree (1969)

Alfreda's Black Earth, Living Memory films, a Juneteenth commemoration

Join us at the Prospect Park Boathouse for our 2nd annual Juneteenth gathering honoring Black life, land, and liberation through film and sound.

Our celebration begins with a set by DJ Tara from 4–8 PM, setting the tone for an outdoor celebration grounded in community and reflection.

Following, we welcome filmmaker Arielle Knight for a pre-show Q&A

At 8:30 PM, we transition into our film program exploring Black relationships to nature, care, and self-determination.

Featuring The Boys and the Bees (2025), a tender portrait of a family tending both land and lineage in rural Georgia, and

The Learning Tree (1969), Gordon Parks’s landmark coming-of-age film and the first feature directed by a Black American for a major Hollywood studio.

Together, these works invite us to consider how Black communities have long cultivated connection—to land, to memory, and to one another—as acts of resilience and freedom.

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