We are proud to announce: a Black History Month Celebration featuring the NY Premiere of RiseUp, in association with Image Nation Foundation and the Film Society of Lincoln Center.

The New York Premiere of RiseUp will be held at the Walter Reade Theatre at the Lincoln Center on Thursday, February 25th 2010. This special premiere screening will open with a live performance by Judah Tribe and close with by a Q & A and discussion on reggae music and its global influence. There will also be donations collected for a Haiti relief fund. 

About the Film Society:

America’s pre-eminent film presentation organization and an independent constituent of the world’s foremost performing arts center, the Film Society of Lincoln Center is one of those rare institutions whose stature is matched by its popularity, each year welcoming an aggregate audience of more than 200,000 film aficionados, filmmakers and industry leaders of every nationality, age, economic and ethnic group. The organization has been a pioneer among film institutions and one of the film world’s most respected and influential arbiters of cinematic trends and discoveries. François Truffaut, R.W. Fassbinder, Jean-Luc Godard, Pedro Almodóvar, Martin Scorsese, Wes Anderson– over the last four decades there is scarcely a major director who has not been introduced to American audiences by the Film Society. It runs a state-of-the-art year-round cinema, the Walter Reade Theater (capacity: 268), and publishes the country’s most respected cinematic journal, Film Comment. 

It will be an honor to screen RiseUp at the Lincoln Center and to bring the film to NY audiences, as well as other neighboring areas this month. For more info and tickets, please visit: The Film Society of Lincoln Center. 

New England Screenings to follow:

Moving up the east coast, RiseUp screens next at Salem Film Fest on Sunday Sunday, February 28 at 8:00 PM. Entering just its third year, the Salem Film Fest is emerging as a leading American all-documentary film festival, showcasing a rich and diverse collection of the year's best work from all over the world. The festival finds its spirit in Salem's history as the first great international city in America. Come to Salem. See the World. Screenings and most events located at CinemaSalem.