Upcoming Screenings

FRI JUL 16, 2010 :: Berkeley, California :: 8pm
Casa de Cultura will be hosting a screening of RU in Berkeley.

RU Filmmakers Eliciana Nascimento and Benjamin Watkins will be in attendance.

1901 San Pablo Ave, Berkeley, California 94702-1611

Past Screenings

	SAT MAR 13 :: Oakland :: 7pm The International Capoeira Angola Foundation Oakland's Capoeira Angola Cultural Center will screen RU as part of their 9th Annual International Capoeira Angola Foundation Women's Conference in Oakland, CA! RU Filmmaker Eliciana Nascimento and Capoeira activist Barbara "Cris" Bittencourt (who is featured in the film) will be in attendance to answer questions following the screening. 2513 Magnolia St • Oakland, CA 94607
	WED MAR 3rd :: University of California, Santa Barbara :: 6:00pm The MultiCultural Center at UC Santa Barbara is sponsoring a FREE screening of Rhythmic Uprising at their MCC Theater. Co-producers Paulo Rogério Nunes and Eliciana Nascimento will hopefully join Director Benjamin Watkins for a Q&A following the screening. Click here for directions to the MultiCultural Center.
	fRI DEC 18 :: San Diego :: 7:30pm The Centro Cultural de la Raza and San Diego-based TranscenDANCE Youth Arts Project have partnered with us to hold a screening event in San Diego opened by a TD Arts youth dance performance as well as some samba and reggae from local artists True Press. This was an amazing night!
	SAT NOV 21 :: Malmo :: 2:00pm Our EUROPEAN PREMIERE! New friends in Malmo, Sweden are playing Rhythmic Uprising as part of their Sensurround Music Film Festival.
	THURS NOV 19 :: Windsor, California :: 7:00pm The Windsor Bloco, a youth drum band in Windsor, CA will give a special performance in connection with the screening of Rhythmic Uprising. We'll be joining Windsor Bloco leaders to lead the audience in a discussion about the role of cultural arts in youth development. 9500 Brooks Rd Windsor, CA 95492
	THURS NOV 19 :: Brooklyn, NY :: 7:30pm Youth Art Haven is a great organization empowering youth with permaculture and art trade skills in Bahia. RU will screen as part of their Brooklyn fundraiser. Come have a great night of fun and contribute what you can. 33 Flatbush Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11217
	SUN NOV 15 :: Washington DC :: 7:30pm Come feel the thunder as DC's own all-women drum bloco BATALA rocks the house prior to this very special screening of Rhythmic Uprising at the Gala Hispanic Theater (Tivoli Square) in Columbia Heights. Q&A with filmmakers and Batala Leaders will follow the screening. 3333 14th St NW, Washington, DC 20010
	SAT NOV 14 :: Washington DC :: 6:00pm DC-based International Capoeira Angola Foundation will be hosting an annual Pastinha/Zumbi capoeira conference. Rhythmic Uprising will play for conference attendees as part of the programming at their center and will be followed by a round table with invited Mestres of capoeira.
	SAT NOV 14 :: Washington DC :: 3:00pm We're partnering with American University students and DC-based Young Women's Drumming Project to provide an afternoon of percussive uprisings on campus. Make your way over to McDowell Formal Lounge for a drum performance from YWDEP youth, a screening of our film, and an open dialog with all of us. McDowell Hall on AU's Campus
	SAT NOV 14 :: New York, NY :: 6:30pm New York's Afro Brazil Arts organization opens its doors at the Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center for a screening of RU. ABA embodies the spirit of the film with their mission "Community through Capoeira" and will give a capoeira demo before the film starts. 107 Suffolk St. between Dalencey and Rivington, New York, NY 10002
	SUN NOV 8 :: New York, NY 4:30pm NY-based Brazilian community organization Cidadão Global will host Rhythmic Uprising at the innovate Green Spaces NY at 394 Broadway in Manhattan. We'll be joining them to lead a dialogue with audience members about race, citizenship and social action after the film. A $10 donation at the door. 394 Broadway, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10013 N/R/W/Q 6 J/M/Z to Canal St. Station + then walk 1 block south on Broadway
	SAT NOV 7 :: Brooklyn, NY :: 7:00pm We'll be screening at Brick Real Estate in Brooklyn and will be present for a Q/A after the film. $10 admission includes complimentary refreshments. 93 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn (between Henry St and Hicks St) 2/3 4/5 to Borough Hall, or M R to Court St/Borough Hall
	WED OCT 14 :: Oakland :: 3pm RU will screen at Merritt College in Oakland, California as part of the 8th Annual Oakland International Film Festival. We'll be in attendance to spur great dialog. 12500 Campus Drive • Oakland, CA 94619
	SUN OCT 4 :: Chicago :: 4pm The International Capoeira Angola Foundation of Chicago will screen RU at their Quilombo Cultural Center. The space is limited to 50 people on a first come first serve basis. Doors open at 3:15pm. 1757 N Kimball Ave • Chicago, IL 60647
	SAT OCT 3 :: Chicago :: 6-9pm The Calles y Sueños Collective will screen RU as part of their Brazil Night celebration that will also include DJs, Live Performance and Food. Come on out and feel the heat! 1900 S Carpenter St • Chicago, IL 6060
	FRI OCT 2 :: Chicago :: 8-11pm The Rumble Arts Center will screen RU in Chicago as part of our October Chicago screenings. This special screening features a performance by Chicago-based Afro-Puerto Rican band Buya. Limited seating - please come early. 3413 W. North Ave. • Chicago, IL 60647
	FRI SEP 25 :: Emeryville, California :: 5pm Emeryville Secondary School is holding a screening of RU as a fundraiser for their "Bay to Bahia" international service learning trip. Middle/high school students from Emerville will travel to Bahia in the spring to participate in a cultural exchange through performing arts. 1100 47th St • Emeryville, CA 94608
	SAT SEP 19 :: Oakland :: 8pm The International Capoeira Angola Foundation Oakland's Capoeira Angola Cultural Center will screen RU together with other films that address cultural and socioeconomic issues as part of their "Favela Screen Project." 2513 Magnolia St • Oakland, CA 94607
	July 25th :: San Francisco RU will be screening at the Mission Cultural Center For Latino Arts as part of the 13th Annual Mission Creek Music and Arts Festival in San Francisco, California. The screening of the film will follow a performance from San Francisco's own Loco Bloco and will be followed by a panel discussion on conducting youth arts programs with limited financial resources. Learn more at the festival's website.
	July 24th :: New York City RU will be screening at the Exit Art gallery in New York as a part of their NÉGRITUDE multi-disciplinary exhibition. NÉGRITUDE explores the visionary 20th century political and artistic movement of the same name — coined by the Martinican poet, playwright, and politician Aimé Césaire in the 1930s — which flourished among Black intellectuals in post-World War I Paris and later spread to Africa, the United States and the Caribbean. Learn more.
	July 25th :: Big Sur, California :: 4pm On the same day we're screening RU in San Fran, it'll be playing at The Big Sur Spirit Garden in conjunction with the "Rhythms of Bahia" Photography Exhibit. The featured photographers are Kati Greaney and the photography students she took under her wing at Bejé Eró. Bejé Eró is one of the groups featured in our film and one that we've tried to assist during these years through video and photography workshops and equipment donations. Kati spent a month with the kids and here's your opportunity to see the resulting photographs. Find out more at Kati's website: katigreaneyphotography.com
	July 18th :: San Francisco :: 7pm UPRISING REMIX PARTY at Little Baobab next door to the Bollyhood Café. This event is free and for ages 21 and up. Come hang out with Rhythmic Uprising filmmakers as they project their favorite clips from Bahia set to thrilling Brazilian beats.
	June 22nd :: Chicago :: 6:30pm The Facets Cinémathèque will be featuring RU as part of the Chicago African Diaspora Film Festival in late June. The festival runs as a sister festival to the original African Diaspora Film Festival in NY which happens in late November. Facets Cinémathèque is located at 1517 West Fullerton Avenue, Chicago, IL 60614, tel: 773 281 9075.
	April 3, 2009 :: 8:15pm :: Madsion, WI (USA) . SOLD OUT. RU will be screening as a part of the 2009 Wisconsin International Film Festival in Madison. If you were lucky enough to get a ticket, you'll be delighted to learn that Madison's own Samba Reggae bateria (drumming and dancing group) will perform at the screening! Learn more about them at handphibians.com.
	April 23, 2009 :: 6:00pm :: Salvador-BA (Brazil) FREE. Cineclube Roberto Pires will screen the film in the Espaço Cultural Raul Seixas together with the short film "UMBIGADA". For more information, e-mail Tiago Alvez.