Join members of the EPFC Collective on Monday, January 15, @ 7:30pm at the Academy Museum for Documenting a Movement: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Civil Rights.

In the United States, Martin Luther King Jr. Day was first signed into law in 1983, officially creating a federal holiday to honor this prominent leader of the 1960s civil rights movement. Ninety-five years after King Jr. was born, the Academy Museum pays tribute to his impact and legacy with two films showcasing the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. In the historic short film, The March, filmmaker James Blue documents this significant moment with over a dozen camera and sound technicians capturing over 11 hours of footage and audio, culminating at the nation’s capital with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech. For the feature film, The Bus, activist filmmaker Haskell Wexler boarded a bus in San Francisco with a group of Black and white activists to embark on the three-day, cross-country journey to Washington DC to join the March.

Following the two films, scholar Ellen Scott from UCLA, local activist Ben Caldwell and two emerging filmmakers who participated in the Academy Museum's Promise Workshops (co-facilitated by EPFC Collective Members Gemma Jimenez and Nicole Ucedo!) will discuss the enduring importance of speaking truth to power through the documentation of political movements.