BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//198.199.98.90//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.26.9// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Occupy Oakland X-WR-CALDESC:#OccupyOakland X-FROM-URL:https://occupyoakland.org X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 RDATE:20241103T020000 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 RDATE:20250309T020000 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-69095@occupyoakland.org DTSTAMP:20240329T085059Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Event CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:FPL presents a film screening of “SNCC”\, by Danny Lyon\, photo grapher. The screening is followed by a conversation with Danny Lyon and L ewis Watts\, photographer.\nRegister: https://sfpl.org/events/2021/06/12/f ilm-danny-lyons-sncc-screening-director-talk\nDanny Lyon’s “SNCC” (2020)\, brings together hundreds of never-before-seen black-and-white photographs made by Lyon during the years that he was employed as the staff photograp her for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee\, or SNCC.\nBeginnin g in 1962 in Cairo\, Illinois when Lyon\, then a University of Chicago stu dent\, met John Lewis\, Freedom Rider\, the film traces the story of their friendship alongside the ongoing struggle for civil rights in the United States.\nThe images are layered with archival audio recordings of speeches by and conversations with Lewis\, Julian Bond\, and Dotty Zellner\, among others\, as well as freedom songs that were recorded by Alan Ribback in c hurches and meetings in Atlanta in the 1960s and recently rediscovered by Lyon.\nABOUT: Danny Lyon\nDanny Lyon is a photo-journalist\, writer and fi lmmaker. His website is bleakbeauty.com. Among his many books are The Bike riders\, Conversations with the Dead and Knave of Hearts. His latest non-f iction book is Like A Thief’s Dream\, PowerHouse Books.\nDaniel Joseph Lyo n was born in Brooklyn\, New York on March 16\, 1942. Roosevelt was Presid ent. World War Two was on going in Europe\, Africa and Asia. Segregation w as the law of the land in 13 southern states. Native Americans were not al lowed to purchase alcohol in New Mexico. Most Blacks could not or did not vote in the deep south.\nLyon attended NYC public schools in Kew Gardens a nd Forest Hills\, Queens\, and in 1959 bought his first camera\, an Exa SL R in Munich\, Germany during a summer trip\, then entered the University o f Chicago\, where he eventually majored in philosophy and ancient history. \nIn 1963 he became The Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee’s (SNCC ) first photographer. Lyon’s photographs are in Museums and collections th roughout the world. His most recent one man show was at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City. Lyon is represented by Gavin Brown Ente rprises and the Etherton Gallery in Tucson\, AZ.\n\n\n\n82 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210612T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210612T153000 LOCATION:Online SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:“SNCC”: Civil Rights Movement Film and Discussion w/ Director Danny Lyon URL:https://occupyoakland.org/event/sncc-civil-rights-movement-film-and-dis cussion-w-director-danny-lyon/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.indybay.org/uploads/2021/05/28/sm_sc reenshot_2021-05-28_film_danny_lyon_s_sncc__screening_director_talk_san_fr ancisco_public_library.jpg\;462\;334\,medium\;https://www.indybay.org/uplo ads/2021/05/28/sm_screenshot_2021-05-28_film_danny_lyon_s_sncc__screening_ director_talk_san_francisco_public_library.jpg\;462\;334\,large\;https://w ww.indybay.org/uploads/2021/05/28/sm_screenshot_2021-05-28_film_danny_lyon _s_sncc__screening_director_talk_san_francisco_public_library.jpg\;462\;33 4\,full\;https://www.indybay.org/uploads/2021/05/28/sm_screenshot_2021-05- 28_film_danny_lyon_s_sncc__screening_director_talk_san_francisco_public_li brary.jpg\;462\;334 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n
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