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The Five Demands

  • Maysles 343 Malcolm X Boulevard New York, NY, 10027 United States (map)

IN CINEMA

The Five Demands 
Tickets: $15 General Admission / $7 Reduced Price 
Thursday, November 2rd at 7PM

Greta Schiller & Andrea Weiss, 2023, 74 min.

THE FIVE DEMANDS is a riveting story about the student strike that changed the face of higher education forever. In April 1969, a small group of Black and Puerto Rican students shut down the City College of New York, an elite public university located in the heart of Harlem. Fueled by the revolutionary fervor sweeping the nation, the strike soon turned into an uprising, leading to the extended occupation of the campus, classes being canceled, students being arrested, and the resignation of the college president.

Followed by a post-screening discussion with filmmaker Andrea Weiss and Khadija DeLoache, participant in the 1969 CCNY student takeover!

Earlier Event: October 26
Four Daughters
Later Event: November 3
For My Country (Pour la France)