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Queers and Allies and APC Film Screening "The New Black"

Date: Feb 23, 2014 at 6:30pm to 8:00pm
Come join Queers and Allies and the Anderson Programming Council as we show "The New Black" in honor of Black History Month! Synopsis: The New Black is a documentary that tells the story of how the African-American community is grappling with the gay rights issue in light of the recent gay marriage movement and the fight over civil rights. The film documents activists, families and clergy on both sides of the campaign to legalize gay marriage and examines homophobia in the Black community’s institutional pillar—the Black church and reveals the Christian right wing’s strategy of exploiting this phenomenon in order to pursue an anti-gay political agenda. The New Black takes viewers into the pews and onto the streets and provides a seat at the kitchen table as it tells the story of the historic fight to win marriage equality in Maryland and charts the evolution of this divisive issue within the Black community. But seriously, come. Knowledge is power, yo