The HARLEM WEEK/IMAGENATION  Outdoor Film Festival: Afro-Punk

Bring your Blankets, Snacks and love for movies and join ImageNation and HARLEM WEEK for a special outdoor screening of the restored Afro-Punk, the groundbreaking documentary that helped spark a global movement celebrating Black alternative culture, creativity, identity, and independent expression. Then Check out T at 9:30PM.(read info below)

About the Film:

Directed by James Spooner, Afro-Punk documented a generation of Black punks and artists whose voices reshaped cultural boundaries. The newly restored Afro-Punk focuses on the lives of four African Americans dedicated to the punk rock lifestyle. The documentary tackles several universal topics around Black identity: interracial dating, marginalization, the double consciousness of Black Americans, and notions of what it means to be Black. The film features Ralph Darden, Matt Davis, Maya Glick, Mariko Jones, Moe Mitchell, Bejay Rose and Tamar-kali.

The event will launch the ImageNation Afro-Punk Film and Book Tour, supporting the film and Spooner's memoir, It Starts with Anger: A Punk Beginning. An AFROPUNK Ending., with additional screenings and conversations planned nationwide.

About the Book: It Starts with Anger: A Punk Beginning. An AFROPUNK Ending

Rockers like himself, Spooner undertakes a whirlwind tour of the country, collecting the stories that will become his acclaimed documentary, Afro-Punk, and eventually lead to the wildly successful music festival of the same name. But what begins as a way to chronicle the joys and heartaches of being Black and punk rock soon spirals into a multimillion-dollar corporate endeavor. Spooner is forced to ask himself: In setting out to galvanize an underground movement, has he in fact given rise to the least punk rock thing of all—a brand?

Illustrated with a vibrant mix of comics, spot art, and punk ephemera throughout, It Starts with Anger is at once a coming-of-age story about found family, a compelling capitalist cautionary tale, and a raucous celebration of the indelible, rebellious spirit of Black punks.

, 9:30 PM – 2:00 AM

Location: The PopUp Book Store in Harlem Heritage Tourism & Cultural Center @ 104 Malcolm X Blvd

Admission: $45 includes a signed copy of It Starts with Anger: A Punk Beginning. An AFRO-PUNK Ending

Immerse yourself in authentic alternative Black culture at this pop-up book signing with filmmaker James Spooner. Every $45 ticket includes a signed copy of his graphic memoir It Starts with Anger, set against a backdrop of hard-hitting Black punk and rock DJ sets with food and drinks available for purchase.

• The Official After Party for: Outdoor Screening of Afro-Punk HARLEM WEEK screening
• Featuring: Book Signing with James Spooner — director James Spooner will host a book signing for his graphic memoir, It Starts with Anger: A Punk Beginning. An AFRO-PUNK Ending, alongside an alternative Black punk/rock DJ set with food & drinks available for purchase.