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May 9, 2001
The Inner Mind of a Controversial Black Panther
BI.ACK STARZ! Will present
the com pelling and controversial
portrait o f a man who was loved
and adm ired, feared and hated in
the world prem iere o f “A Huey P.
N ew ton Story,” on M onday, June
18 a t9 p .m . ET/PT.
W ritten, created by and star
ring Roger G uenveur Smith. “ A
Huey P. Newton Story" is directed
by celebrated helm er Spike Lee
and produced in association with
the Public Broadcasting Service
(PBS) and African Heritage N et
work (AHN). Steven Adams. Bob
L. Jo h n so n and M arc H enry
Johnson o f Luna Ray Films are
producers.
signature solo th ea ter perform ance to t he screen, starring
a s Huey P. Newton in the BLACK STAPZ! Original production
o f “A Huey P. Newton Story. "
Spike Lee, Director
A H uey P. Newton Story- is a
virtuosic and intim ate portrait o f
Huey P. N ew ton, the late co
founder o f the Black Panther Party
for S elf Defense. A dapted from
Smith ’s Obie Award winning off-
Broadway solo performance o f the
same name, Lee brings the play
from the stage to the screen as
only he could.
Shot before a live audience in
N ovem ber 2000, Lee uses his sig
nature mixture o f film and archival
footage, to capture N ew ton’s “ in-
nerm ind.”
The film is com plem ented by a
m usical score o f period m aterial
and original com positions from
sound designer Marc A nthony
Thom pson who received an Obie
and Audelco A w ard for his w ork
and features actor/com poser and
Gram m y A w ard winner Branford
Marsalis.
Dalai Lama’s Historic
Visit to Portland Sunday
T ibet’s spiritual and political
leader, the Dalai Lama, will make an
historic first visit to Portland from
May 13 to 15 for the “Pathways to
Peace Festival.” The three-day fes
tival events are expected to attract
up to 75,000 people from the W est
ern U.S. and beyond.
Prior to the arrival o f the Dalai
Lama, the W elcoming Celebration
will provide a multicultural mix o f
music, food and entertainment. Fea
tured performers include the Oregon
Ballet Theane, the Lions o f Batuada
(Brazilian drumming group). Port
land Taiko Drummers (Japanese
drumming group), the Northwest
T ibetan Cultural T roupe (traditional
Tibetan dance) and the Mystical
Arts o f Tibet (Tibetan monk music
and dance group). The event is free
and open to the public.
The Dalai Inm a will arrive around
4 p.m. and will be greeted by Gover
nor Kitzhaber, Mayor Katz and other
local dignitaries before speaking to
the crowd. Fifteen thousand people
are expected to attend.
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama
was bom in a small Tibetan village
called Takster on July 6, 1935. In
accordance with Tibetan tradition.
Portland from May 13-15 to
spread his universal message o f
tolerance, mutual respect, and
compassion.
the young Dalai Lama was recog
nized at the age o f two as the
reincarnation o f his predecessor,
the 13'h Dalai Lama. Tibetans con
sider the D alai Lama to be the
m anifestation o f Chenrezig, the
Bodhisattva o f Com passion. A c
cording to B uddhist tradition,
B odhisattvas have chosen the
path o f enlightenm ent to benefit
all sentient beings.
Just before he turned five, the
Dalai Lama was officially en
throned as the spiritual and tem
poral leader o fT ibet in Lhasa, the
capital city ofT ib et. There he re
ceived a traditional Tibetan Bud
dhist and political education. In
1950, C hinese soldiers entered
Tibet. Shortly thereafter the 14,h
Dalai Lama assumed lull political
power at the age o f 16.
The Dalai I^una continues to work
tirelessly to negotiate a peaceful
solution to confl ict between the Chi
nese government and Tibet.
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