Documentary Film Screening: The Negro Artist

Name: Documentary Film Screening: The Negro Artist
Start: 2025-01-23T18:30:00-05:00
End: 2025-01-23T20:00:00-05:00
Location: 1115 6th St, Port Huron, MI, United States, Michigan 48060

Schedule

Thu Jan 23 2025 at 06:30 pm to 08:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

1115 6th St, Port Huron, MI, United States, Michigan 48060 | Port Huron, MI

Join the Port Huron Museum and Enter Stage Right in Downtown Port Huron for showings of The Negro Artist, a film by Nik Heftman.
The screening at the Port Huron Museum is at 6:30pm at the Carnegie.
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This 2024 documentary film is a journey into the world of Caleb Rainey, a Black spoken word poet from the Midwest professionally known as The Negro Artist. Rainey's poetry is a thoughtful exploration of race, identity, and the lived realities of systemic inequality. His stage name is inspired by the 1926 Langston Hughes essay "The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain," which became a manifesto for the Harlem Renaissance.
This 50-minute film seeks to capture the essence of Rainey not just as an artist, but as a vital voice in the ongoing dialogue about race in America. His work challenges us to confront uncomfortable truths and inspires us to envision a more equitable future. By sharing Rainey's story, we hope to provide a window into the transformative power of words and to affirm the significance of every voice in the ongoing quest for justice and understanding.
Audiences that have included all races, ages, ethnicities and religions have delivered standing ovations because the powerful content fills hearts with hope and love.
A brief Q&A will immediately follow the screening.
***Can't make it to the 6:30 showing at the Port Huron Museum? Check out Enter Stage Right for tickets to the 8 o'clock showing!