Join us for a special screening of Passin’ It On by renowned Director John J. Valadez!

🗓️ Saturday, April 11th
⏰ 5pm
📍 UMMA
✨ SNACKS & GIVEAWAYS
🎟️ FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

A soulful and gritty film, Passin’ It On tells of a Black Panther Party leader, framed by the FBI for a crime he didn’t commit. Dhoruba bin Wahad emerged from the ghettoes and gangs of the South Bronx to serve breakfast to school children with one hand while wielding a gun in the other. Bristling with poetry and pain this, landmark film of an American political prisoner, speaks of a movement, not only a man.

Screenings followed by a talk-back with Director John Valadez, moderated by Colin Gunckel.

Come for one screening or come for all!

Film Sampler, organized in partnership with the U-M Department of Film, Television, and Media (FTVM), is offered in conjunction with the UMMA exhibition American Sampler: Activating the Archive. Curated by MacArthur Fellow Julie Ault in collaboration with the U-M Labadie Collection of political dissent.