Friday, June 02, 2006

Imagenation REVOLUTION

[ from my mail ...]

Greetings!

Purchase your ticket today for the
Imagenation REVOLUTION!
Benefit Concert and Awards at
Harlem's World Famous Apollo Theater

June 2nd, 8 p.m.



Get your tickets NOW!


Please join us, dead prez, Martin Luther and others
at our fundraiser. Proceeds will benefit the opening of
the Imagenation Soul Cinema, Harlem's first and the
nation's only independent cinema dedicated to films
from the African and Latino Diaspora.

SOUL CINEMA SUPPORT COMMITTEE:

BLACK THOUGHT, CHARLES STONE III, DANNY GLOVER,
DANNY SIMMONS, DEAD PREZ, DJ JAZZY JEFF, EILEEN
NEWMAN, EMIR LEWIS, ESSIE CHAMBERS, EYKAH BADU,
JACQUIE JONES, KAY SHAW, KEITH A. BEAUCHAMP, KISHA
IMANI CAMERON, LEE DANIELS, LUCILLE L. MCEWEN, MAHEN
BONETTI, MICHAELA ANGELA DAVIS, NAS, NELSON GEORGE,
RAOUL PECK, ST. CLAIRE BOURNE, STACY SPIKES, THEMBA
SIBEKO, THOMAS ALLEN HARRIS, TRACY MOORE MARABLE,
VOZA RIVERS, WARRINGTON HUDLIN and growing.



* WHAT: Imagenation REVOLUTION! at the Apollo
w/dead prez preceded by an invitation only NYC
premier of a Starz In Black Film DEAD PREZ: IT'S
BIGGER THAN HIP HOP

* WHEN: June 2nd at 8pm (doors open at 7pm)

* WHERE: The Apollo Theater, 253 W. 125th Street,
NYC (btwn 7th & 8th Ave.)

* WHO: Presented by Imagenation in association
with the Apollo Theater

* WHY: Benefit to open the Imagenation Soul Cinema


DON'T BE LEFT OUT!
Visit www.imagenation.us to get your tickets today.

We hope to see old friends and make new ones. For
those of you who can not attend, but wish to support
to this important project, we encourage you to visit
www.imagenation.us and click the donate button
(Located at top and bottom of the home page).

Sincerely yours,

Moikgantsi Kgama, Founder & Gregory Gates, Executive Producer, Imagenation
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CLICK HERE FOR DISCOUNT REVOLUTION TICKETS!
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* REVOLUTION! Concert and Awards

2006 REVOLUTION! Benefit Concert and Awards


Hosted by fashionista Michaela angela Davis and M1,
this benefit concert and awards ceremony at the
Apollo Theater will feature performances by dead
prez, Martin Luther, Burnt Sugar Arkestra Chamber,
Imani Uzuri and Kameko. Preceded by an
invitation only NYC premier of the Starz In Black Film
DEAD PREZ: IT'S BIGGER THAN HIP HOP.

The Revolution Awards are presented to artists and
industry leaders of color who use their works to
inspire social change, help foster solidarity
throughout the African Diaspora, blaze new trails or
exemplify a dedication to independent cinema. This
year's recipients include Warrington Hudlin (Founder
of the Black Filmmaker Foundation and DVRepublic),
Lee Daniels (Film producer - Monster Ball), dead
prez (Hip-Hop activist), Keith Beauchamp (Filmmaker
- The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till) and Thomas
Allen Harris (Filmaker - The Twelve Deciples of
Nelson Mandela).

Previous recipients include Chuck D, Stanley Nelson,
Erykah Badu, Roger Guenveur Smith, Talib Kweli,
Sherry Simpson Dean and Joe Brewster.

CLICK HERE FOR DISCOUNT REVOLUTION TICKETS!
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* Film Screening

dead prez: It's Bigger Than Hip-Hop


dead prez, one of the nation's preeminent
underground bands, performs in the band's first
televised concert special. Starz InBlack's Original
production "Dead Prez: It's Bigger Than Hip-Hop"
spotlights one of the only true to its roots hip hop
groups at the forefront of a movement to reclaim
hip-hop culture from its bling infatuation. This
one-hour original concert includes intimate
interviews with dead prez members M-1 and stic.man,
who share their thoughts on such topics as world
politics, urban poverty, Black pride, healthy living
and the power of Black women.

"Dead Prez: It's Bigger Than Hip-Hop" also features
insights into the band and its music - including
tracks like "Know Your Enemy" and "Hell Yeah" and
interviews with fans, other hip hop artists and
historians. Experience a viewpoint outside the
mainstream as these uncompromising musicians present
their vision to create a new movement within hip-hop
culture.

"Dead Prez: It's Bigger Than Hip-Hop" premiers exclusively
on Starz InBlack, at 10 p.m. ET/PT on Friday, June 9, 2006
.

CLICK HERE FOR DISCOUNT REVOLUTION TICKETS!
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Imagenation, Cinema for the People -

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Imagenation
College Station
P.O. Box 127
New York, NY 10030

e-mail: gregory 'at' imagenation.us
http://www.imagenation.us

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Imagenation, a Harlem-based organization, was
established in 1997 to counteract negative images and
stereotypes that are propagated about people of
color, through mass media; and, to establish a chain of
independent art-house cinemas. Imagenation uses
independent cinema and progressive music to foster
solidarity and cross-cultural exchange throughout
the African Diaspora, with special focus on the USA
and South Africa.

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