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Unique Film Shows
Dr. King in Action
“You have to give yourself
entirely, then you are prepared
to do anything that serves the
cause. I have reached that
point. I have no options
anymore. I have given myself
fully”
MLK quoted in Coretta Scott
King’s “My Life With Martin
Luther King”
The Clinton Street theater will
screen ‘KING: A FILMED RECORD -
From Montgomery to Memphis’ at
7p.m. and 9p.m. Monday, Jan. 16.
Directed by the acclaimed Sidney
Lumet, the 1971 documentary film is
compiled from vintage newsreels, and
shows Rev. King not as a saint, but as
a compassionate man of God with
great goals for all people. Most of
King’s great speeches are featured,
including an uncut version of his his-
toric “I Have a Dream” speech - given
in Washington D.C. In addition it con-
tains powerful and rare footage of
marches and civil rights demonstra-
tions. Anyone who seeks an insight
into the man behind the dream will
love this film.
The film was originally shown at
theatres as a “one-time-only” event on
March 24, 1970, and was later shown
on U.S. television. It was nominated
for the 1971 Academy Award for Best
Documentary, and deemed “culturally
significant” by the United States
Library of Congress in 1999. Later it
was chosen for preservation in the
National Film Registry.
Suggested Donation: $6 Adults - $5
Students w/ID - $3 Kids 12 and
under. No one turned away for lack of
funds.
USA, 1970 - dir: Sidney Lumet
/Joseph L. Mankiewicz - 103 minutes
Collaborative
Society MLK
Breakfast Sold Out
The Collaborative Society will hold
its 2nd annual Dr. Martin Luther King
Celebration Breakfast from 9 a.m. to
noon, Saturday, Jan. 14 at the Red
Lion at the Quay in Vancouver, Wash.
The event is sold out and there is a
waiting
list
of
tickets.
The Master of Ceremonies is Jaymes
Winter, CEO of Blue Leopard Capital.
Speakers will include: Sarah Mensah,
SVP-Chief Operating Officer of the
Portland Trailblazers and James
Mason M.D., diversity manager at
Providence Health Systems. Rob
Ingram, the former director of
Portland’s Office of Youth Violence
Prevention who died suddenly in
November, will receive a posthumous
award.
Entertainment will include gospel
performances by Pastor Deborah
Kimbrough, and Gail Thomas, a per-
formance by nationally known spoken
work artist Darlene Rogers-Solomon,
aka Blacque Butterfly, and an amazing
violin performance by musical prodigy
Shania Watts.
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Faith Based Participation: Reverend
Marva Edwards - New Life A.M.E
Zion Church, Pastor Matt Hennessee -
Vancouver First Avenue Baptist
Church, Pastor Curtis Kimbrough -
Unity Church, and Reverend Joyce
Smith - Community A.M.E. Zion
church.
Sponsorships for the event will help
fund the costs of the breakfast as well
as youth programs for the NAACP-
Vancouver, LULAC-SW Washington
and the Unity Outreach Youth
Program.
To find out more contact Deena
Pierrott at
Deena@mosaicblueprint.com or 360-
936-6992
Volunteers Gear Up
for King
More than 3,000 local people have
signed up with United Way of the
Columbia-Willamette, to cook, paint,
build, clean, recycle, teach, garden,
serve, engage or organize next week-
end in honor of Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr.
United Way’s 5th annual Weekend of
Service is expected to generate
$218,700 in value from 10,800 hours
of volunteer service through 93 proj-
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