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Cuban scholars, filmmaker commemorate the
1912 Massacre in a 2012 visit to the US:
Gloria Rolando, Tomás Fernández Robaina, Roberto Zurbano
This tour commemorates the centrennial of the
1912 Massacre of over 6,000 afrocubans, many of them members of the
first black political party in the Americas after the Haitian revolution,
the Party of the Independents of Color.
The events below feature the first documentary to chronicle these events,
1912, Breaking the Silence, by Gloria Rolando, now available on
AfroCubaWeb.
Schedule
This tour has been organized by
Geoffroy de Laforcade, Norfolk State University.
Tuesday October 30 - Activities at Norfolk
State (classes, appearance at Honors College Café)
Radio program: “With Good Reason” – WHRO (Charlottesville, VA) – Gloria
Rolando, Tomas Robaina; Contact: Elliot Majerczyk
Wednesday October 31 - Norfolk State University
Symposium: “Cuba: Rethinking Race and History from the Republic to the
Revolution” (Day 1) – Gloria Rolando, Tomás Robaina, Roberto Zurbano;
Contact: Geoffroy de Laforcade
Television program: "Africa Speaks"- Channel 95 - Comcast Cablevision
(Richmond, VA) – Gloria, Tomás, Roberto; Contact: Lee Robinson
Thursday November 1 - Norfolk State University
“Cuba: Rethinking Race and History from the Republic to the Revolution”
(Day 2) – Gloria, Tomás, Roberto; Contact: Geoffroy de Laforcade
Friday November 2 - Roberto Zurbano flies to
Nashville for appearance at Vanderbilt University
Saturday November 3 - Community forum/symposium:
The Malcolm
X and Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center and the Office of
International Studies, Norfolk University, Virginia presents
Diasporic Consciousness, Black Identity, and the Present Memory of
Cuban Racism with
Gloria Rolando, Tomás Fernández Robaina, Roberto Zurbano,
and Geoffroy de Laforcade. They will be showing the film
1912: Breaking the
Silence, in a commemoration of the centenary of the
1912 Massacre.
See also flyer. Hurricane
Sandy is having no effect on this date, travel by bus and cab is
functional, streets are not crowded.
Sunday November 4 - Roberto
Zurbano flies to Atlanta, Georgia for appearances at Emory, Spelman
and Morehouse. Contact: Mark Sanders. Gloria Rolando
and Tomás Robaina fly to Michigan for appearance at Kalamazoo College.
Contact: Lisa Brock
Kalamazoo College: 1912, Chapter 1: Tuesday, November 6th, 12:30pm in
Dewing Hall, RM 103. 1912, Chapter 2: Wednesday, Nov. 7th at
7pm in the Recital Hall, Light Fine Arts Building. A Without Borders
initiative sponsored by the Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership,
the English Department and Art 301/250
Thursday, November 8 - Roberto, Gloria and
Tomás fly to Boston, Massachusetts
Friday, November 9 -
Cuba Reconsidered: New Perspectives from Havana,
Symposium at Tufts University, Medford, MA.
Gloria Rolando, Tomás Fernández Robaina, Roberto Zurbano. Contact: Averi
Becque.
Sunday, November 11 - Roberto, Gloria and Tomás fly to Pittsburgh for
appearance at the University of Pittsburgh. Contact: Alejandro de la
Fuente. Possible community initiatives, Thomas Smith
Monday, November 12 - Pittsburgh
Tuesday, November 13 - Gloria and Tomás fly to Washington, DC for
appearances at The Johns Hopkins University and a local film festival.
Roberto goes to Miami.
Wednesday, November 14 - Baltimore, Gloria Rolando and Tomás Robaina at
Morgan State University; Contacts: Johnson Niba, Ian Jacobs, and
Dewayne Wickham.
Thursday, November 15 - public screening of
Gloria’s 1912 film at
the Center for Africana Studies of The Johns Hopkins University,
Baltimore, MD; Contact: Asantewa Boakyewa
4:00 PM, GILMAN 132, Johns Hopkins University, open to the public. See
also
Africana Studies web site
November 16-25 Gloria and Tomás to Washington, DC, for visits to
universities and organizations in Maryland, Virginia & Pennsylvania
(organized by Lee Robinson, President of the African Awareness
Association) See
overall flyer. Contact:
african_awareness_association@yahoo.com. These presentations include
showings of the soon to be released
1912, Breaking the Silence,
Chapters 1 & 2.
Friday, November 16 -
A Centennial Celebration For “Party of the Independence of Color” with
Cuban Film Maker Gloria Rolando, open to the public
A Symposium on Race and Racism in Cuba featuring the documentary film
1912: Breaking the Silence by Gloria Rolando
and a Panel Discussion with Dr. Tomas Fernandez Robaina, Cuban National
Library - Gloria Rolando, Cuban Filmmaker - Dr. Geoffroy de Laforcade,
Norfolk State University
Moderator: Netfa Freeman, WPFW
Friday, November 16, 2012 6-10 pm
$10 DONATION - Soul 57, 1326 Florida Ave., NE, Washington, DC 20002
Also featuring Ujamaa Shule African Dancers and Drummers
THIS EVENT IS SPONSORED BY: Kwanzaa Associates International, WPFW Media
Sponsors and Norfolk State University Office of International Studies and
Service Learning.
Purchase $10 tickets at Eventbrite.
Saturday, November 17 -
Public Screening of "1912: Breaking the Silence" 4:00 - 8:00 p.m.
- Skipper's Place - 1833 "M" Street - Washington, DC.
Purchase $10 tickets at Eventbrite.
Sunday, November 18 - Public Screening of "1912: Breaking the
Silence"
7PM – 10PM -
The Songhai City Cultural Center, 3117 Master Street, Philadelphia,
PA.
Purchase $10 tickets at Eventbrite.
Monday, November 19, 2012 - Public Screening of "1912: Breaking the
Silence"
11AM- 3PM - University
of District of Columbia (UDC) - 801 N. Capital Street, Building #116
(All Purpose Room)
Purchase $10 tickets at Eventbrite.
Monday - November 19, 2012: -
Public Screening
of "1912: Breaking the Silence" 7PM – 10PM - William
Byrd Community House - 224 South Cherry Street - Richmond, VA.
Purchase $10 tickets at Eventbrite.
Tuesday - November 20, 2012: -
Public Screening
of "1912: Breaking the Silence" 6PM- 9PM - Elegba
Folklore Society - 101 East Board Street - Richmond, VA
Purchase $10 tickets at Eventbrite.
Friday, November 23, 2012: -
Public Screening
of "1912: Breaking the Silence" 7PM - 11PM - Nowchild
Soundstage - 409 East Preston Street - Baltimore, MD.
Purchase $10 tickets at Eventbrite.
Saturday, November 24 - Gloria to Miami, FL
Gloria Rolando: departure to Havana on Wednesday, November 28th, from
Miami. Roberto Zurbano remains for 2 months at the
The Griffis Art
Center, contact: Migdalia Salas.
Wednesday, December 5, 2012 -
A Special
Presentation at the Provenance Center, New London, Connecticut: Roberto
Zurbano presents his "map" of the twentieth century treatment of black
subjects, most notably as portrayed in themes of Cuban literature,
revealing the singular racialization within Cuban society.
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