“One of the best films you are likely to see this year.” The New York Times, (2016)

I Am Not Your Negro envisions the book James Baldwin never finished, a radical narration about race in America, using the writer’s original words as read by actor Samuel L. Jackson. Alongside a flood of rich archival material, the film draws upon Baldwin’s notes on the lives and assassinations of his close friends, Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr., to bring an eloquent, personal perspective to the current racial narrative in America.
Raoul Peck’s Oscar-nominated documentary is a journey into black history that connects the past of the Civil Rights movement to the present of #BlackLivesMatter. Ultimately, by confronting the deeper connections between the lives and assassinations of these three leaders, Baldwin and Peck have produced a work that challenges the very definition of what America stands for.

 I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO will screen FREE twice:
IN PIEDMONT Wednesday, November 28
@ Ellen Driscoll Playhouse / 325 Highland Ave / Piedmont (near Oakland Avenue)
6:30 PM Doors Open, Reception
7 – 8:30 PM Screening
IN OAKLAND Saturday, December 1
@ The New Parkway Theater / 474 24th Street / Oakland (between Broadway & Telegraph)
3 – 4:30 PM Screening 

Presented by the Appreciating Diversity Film Series, proudly celebrating 20 years of top-quality, diversity-related documentaries.

Several PADC members are planning on attending the Mill Valley Film Festival screening of "Bias" on Saturday, October 13th at 2pm - please come join us!  Jen Cavenaugh is organizing a list of people who are interested in carpooling. Email her at jcavenaugh@sbcglobal.net if you'd like to carpool.

Note that tickets will likely sell out soon, as the reviews for this film have been very positive, so be sure to purchase them as soon as you can! 
https://tickets.cafilm.org/websales/pages/info.aspx?evtinfo=398758~ddf8938c-55cf-4613-9c4b-6bac081c46cd&epguid=d5fcca9f-7082-480c-bc72-7f383f1e6950&mc_cid=88d1b1bb3d&mc_eid=d4884ef8bd
Bias  

Hello friends of Piedmont Appreciating Diversity Committee,

You are cordially invited to our next General Membership Meeting this coming Thursday, October 12, from 7:00-9:00pm, at 250 Estates Drive, Piedmont, CA. This is a great opportunity to check in with each other, and to share updates on the great work you and your fellow PADC members are doing. Hope to see you at the meeting,
Your 2017/18 PADC Team.

PS: You'll automatically be enrolled in our Active Members' discussion forum if you come to a General Meeting. If you can't make it on Thursday, but still want to join the discussion, drop us a line, and we'll take care of it!
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​Members of the Trump administration have raised the specter of a Muslim registry and instituted an immigration ban against people from Muslim majority countries, citing the unconstitutional incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II as precedent for its actions. Social Action Media  As our opening film this fall, ADFS will present the powerful 2017 documentary And Then They Came for Us — a film that demonstrates that the registration and incarceration of Japanese Americans was one of the worst violations of constitutional rights in American history, and features survivors of that experience who are speaking out today.