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Soundtrack for a Revolution | The Ossining Documentary and Discussion Series


February 15, 2018 at 6:30 p.m.
The Ossining Documentary and Discussion Series

The film to be shown is titled “Soundtrack for a Revolution.”  This documentary examines the importance of music during the U.S. civil rights movement that took place during the 1950s and ’60s. Please join us afterwards for a panel discussion.  See below for panelist info. For more information please visit:  www.ossiningdocumentaries.org.

 

Panelists:

Yolanda F. Johnson
Soprano, Composer, Change Agent

Yolanda is a performing artist, an educator, and a supporter of the arts.  She performs opera, concert, oratorio, and sacred music nationally and internationally, and is a recitalist/lecturer on Spirituals of the Underground Railroad and other subjects.

She starred in Harriet Tubman: When I Crossed that Line to Freedom, Clarence and Anita, and Cendrillon.

Yolanda is Music Director at First Baptist Church of Tarrytown and serves as a Board Member for the Foundation for Post-Conflict Development, and for Women in Development, New York.

 

KJ Denhert
Jazz & Folk Vocalist, Songwriter

KJ’s special blend of urban folk & jazz will move you to laugh, to dance, and even to cry. She performs and records constantly, has received many prestigious awards, appeared at scores of festivals, and is a regular in many well-loved establishments.

KJ was the first US citizen in her small Grenadian family and picked up her first guitar at ten. She toured with an all-female band called Fire, started the Mother Cyclone label, then formed the NY Unit, a group she still performs with. KJ performs to adoring audiences locally, nationally, and globally.

 

Elsa Waithe
Comedian, Activist

Elsa is a comedian and activist from Norfolk, VA now residing in Brooklyn, NY. Elsa’s comedy is a mix of critical but lighthearted jabs at homosexuality and race. Elsa’s work has been featured in AM NYNew York Post, NPR’s This American LifeGold Comedy, and them.us. In her This American Life segment her story of “The Heart Wants What It Wants” begins at a Black Lives Matter protest in Grand Central Station.

She started a monthly showcase in Brooklyn called Affirmative Laughter which spotlights groups “underrepresented in comedy.”

Event Location and Ticket Information

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Ossining Public Library-Budarz Theatre
53 Croton Avenue
Ossining, NY 10562
Handicap Accessible? Yes

Date: Thursday, February 15, 2018
Times: 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Ticket pricing:
Free event

Presenter: Ossining Public Library
Presenter Phone: 19149412416327
Presenter Website: www.ossininglibrary.org

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