Olympian weightlifter Cara Heads attended the Capital City Open Weightlifting Championships hosted by the DC Weightlifting Club in April. This was our opportunity to watch some of DC’s women weightlifters compete and promote the Community Cinema presentation of STRONG! Cara appears in STRONG! with weightlifting Bronze Medalist Cheryl Haworth. ITVS Community Cinema [DC] will preview STRONG! Saturday, June 30 at 5 PM at Busboys and Poets (2021 14th Street, NW). Cara has enjoyed a successful, 18-year career as an Olympic-Style Weightlifter, traveling the world, earning 8 National Championship Titles, 2 American Records, 5 World Team Qualifications, and the highly coveted, athletic title of Olympian. Cara recently relocated to the Washington, DC area, and offers classes in Strength and Conditioning, Personal Training, and Coaching. The DC Weightlifting Club is a community partner for STRONG! STRONG! is also part of the ITVS initiative Women and Girls Lead. Special thanks to Michael Choi of DC Weightlifting Club for hosting us at the competition.
Join PBS, CARE, and Women and Girls Lead for a free livestream of the documentary Pray the Devil Back to Hell.
Starts at 7:30p ET here: http://bit.ly/xAiRRB
The screening will be followed by a panel discussion (streamed live online from Washington, D.C.) with the film’s Executive Producer, Abigail Disney;Paula Kerger, President, PBS; Helene Gayle, President and CEO CARE USA ; and Donald Steinberg, Deputy Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development.
DC is hosting a total of four screenings of “More Than a Month.” The first is this Sunday, February 12 with the DC Youth Slam Poetry Team (community partner) bringing their poetic perspective on the film at Busboys and Poets (2021 14th Street, NW). The remaining three screenings will include a Q&A with filmmaker Shukree Hassan Tilghman. All events are FREE and open to the general public. RSVP where indicated.
Shukree will talk with the audience following a screening of “More Than a Month” at National Geographic (1600 M Street, NW) Tuesday, February 14 for their “Tuesdays at Noon” series. He returns to DC to attend the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) annual Black History Month luncheon Saturday, February 25. For anyone who’s seen “More Than a Month,” ASALH is one of Shukree’s first stops on his journey to find the answers about the meaning of Black History Month. ASALH is a community partner for the Washington, DC presentations of “More Than a Month.” Tickets for the luncheon should be purchased directly from ASALH.
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You’ve got less than a month to catch Community Cinema events for “More Than a Month” in DC and meet Shukree Tilghman. But more than a month to see his documentary on the PBS series “Independent Lens” broadcasting on WHUT Saturday, March 17 at 8 PM; Tuesday, March 20 at 10 PM. (Check local listings).
