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Honoring Max Roach @ 100 with Film Showing of “The Drum Also Waltzes”

Max Roach @ 100Sat., May 18, 2024,
Doors Open: 7 pm,
Film Shows: 7:30 pm.

Sistas’ Place, 456 Nostrand Avenue, Frederick Douglass Square (formerly Nostrand & Jefferson Avs.), Brooklyn, NY presents a Tribute to Max Roach on the 100th anniversary of his birth.

On Saturday, May 11, 2024, Sistas’ Place shows the award-winning film about Max Roach The Drum Also Waltzes. Max Roach’s far-reaching ambitions were inspired and challenged by the inequities of the society around him. His political consciousness, expressed in his groundbreaking Freedom Suite and other works, made him a fierce advocate for change at a time when the nation was viciously steeped in racism.

Tickets only $5.

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Tagged With: Bed-Stuy, Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, Film, jazz, Max Roach, New York, NYC, Sistas' Place, The Drum Also Waltzes

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