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Uplifting Black Voices: Raising Bertie Screening

9/20/17

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In our partnership with The Seventh Art Stand, Bag&Baggage will be screening Raising Bertie – a feature documentary about three African American boys coming of age in rural North Carolina – for one night only on Wednesday, September 20th at 7:30pm. Set in Bertie County (a rural African American-led community in Eastern North Carolina), Raising Bertie takes audiences deep into the emotional lives of three boys – Reginald “Junior” Askew, David “Bud” Perry, and Davonte “Dada” Harrell – over six-years as they come of age. This powerful vérité film produced by Chicago’s internationally acclaimed Kartemquin Films (Hoop Dreams, The Interrupters), Raising Bertie movingly weaves the young men’s stories together as they try to define their identities, interconnecting narratives of family, youthful innocence, first love, systemic racism, educational inequity, poverty and unemployment, and the will to succeed in the face of formidable odds.

Q&A discussion to follow the screening, with Equity Facilitator James Dixon.

This event is a collaboration with the award-winning documentary series POV.

Details

Runs 9/20/17

Run Time 150 minutes

Recommended for ages 16+

Uplifting Black Voices from The Seventh Art Stand

Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017 at 7:30pm

About Bag&Baggage
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As the only professional theater company in Hillsboro, we believe we have a responsibility to connect our work to the lives and experiences of the people who call our community home. We want to make theater by and for the people of Hillsboro—which means you. Welcome to our theater!

Taking Photos in the Theater

While we ask you to turn off your phones during the show, we’re happy to have you taking photos before or after the performance! If you post photos on social media or elsewhere, please credit the designers who have brought this show to life:

  • Scenic Designer
  • Lighting Designer
  • Projection Designer
  • Props Master

Please note that photos are prohibited during the performance, and photos of the stage are not permitted if an actor is present.

Land Acknowledgement

We ask all visitors to The Vault Theater to take a personal moment to acknowledge and honor the Atfalati band of the Kalapuya tribe, upon whose ancestral lands this building stands. We pay our respects to elders both past and present.

Bag&Baggage Staff
Signe Larsen, Patron Relations Manager
Grayson Ashford, Education Fellow
Mandana Khoshnevisan, Production Manager
Ephriam Harnsberger, Operations Manager
Bag&Baggage Board
Jane Unger, Board Member
Robin Kimmel, Board Member
Linda Morrisson, Board Member
Jan Simmons, Board Member
Mori Mirashrafi, Board Member
Scott Palmer, Board Member
Bianca McCarthy, Board Chair
Gayle Nachtigal, Board Member
Justin Pot, Board Secretary
Karyn O’Bryant, Board Member
Carol Beauchamp, Board Member
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