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The Madison Center for Creative and Cultural Arts presents Freedom Fest: An Artful Celebration of African-American Heritage, four evenings of pride featuring movies, dance, poetry, theatre, music and poetry.

February 4-Movies for the Mind
Doors open at 4:30. Seating is limited. $5 admission for 3 films.

The MCCCA opens the month's festivities with films and documentaries depicting the plight of black America in the twentieth century.

5:00 p.m. Birth of a Nation
D.W. Griffith hair-raising, subjective, and slanted depiction of the rise and "heroism" of the Ku Klux Klan.

7:00 p.m. Unforgivable Blackness
A documentary by Ken Burns, with actual footage of the great Jack Johnson and his rise and fall as the first black heavyweight champion of the world.

9:00 p.m. Malcolm: Brother Minister
A Jack Baxter film addressing the conspiracy behind the assassination of Malcolm X, El Hajj Malik Shabazz.

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February 11-The Magic of Words
Doors open at 7:00 p.m. Seating is limited. Admission is $10, $8 for students.

An evening of poetry and a theatric monologue features the works of such notable wordsmiths as Fabu Mogaka, Ken Haynes, Bill Redding, Rob Franklin and others. The evening also features from the Madison Repertory Company's production of The Piano Lesson, Cedric Young performing a dramatic monologue and interactive dialogue with the audience.

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February 18-Pan-African Dance Party
Doors open at 8:00 p.m. Admission is $5.

A unique dance experience fusing American and African dances featuring BroDJ and Most Variety DJ Lasisi.

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February 25-Sounds of Freedom
Doors open at 7:00 p.m. Seating is limited. Admission is $10, $8 for students.

An evening of poetry, music and song featuring the Hanah Jon Taylor Artet with bassist Yosef Ben Israel from Chicago; Atimevu Drum and Dance Ensemble and a special bass solo performance by Dr. Richard Davis.

For more information regarding Freedom Fest or other events at the MCCCA please call 251-2787.

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