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This event is part of the Black Bottom Film Festival. Purchase a Festival Pass for access to free vouchers to this screening. 

Film Schedule

“Father’s Day,” Directed by Demetrius Wren – Short
Followed by Q&A with Demetrius Wren
-----15 min Intermission---------
“Agents of Change,” Directed by Frank Dawson – Documentary
Followed by Q & A with Frank Dawson

Saturday’s events kick-off with a presentation of the dramatic short “Father’s Day, directed by visiting University of Pittsburgh Professor, Demetrius Wren. After the screening, you will get a chance to meet Demetrius and hear about the great work he is doing with the Steeltown Film Lab. This conversation is followed by a screening of the groundbreaking documentary “Agents of Change, a Q&A with legendary filmmaker Michael Schultz, and the Pittsburgh premiere of “Like Cotton Twines,” which won Best Narrative Feature at the 2016 Savannah Film Festival.

FATHER(s) DAY follows an African American veteran in LA as he strives to live his daily life in support of his family, up against the small but potent prejudices that are still alive and well today. Written and Directed by Demetrius Wren, this short feature is a day in the life portrait of what happens to a person after they hear shocking news that will alter the rest of their life.

From the well-publicized events at San Francisco State in 1968 to the image of black students with guns emerging from the takeover of the student union at Cornell University in April, 1969, the struggle for a more relevant and meaningful education, including demands for black and ethnic studies programs, became a clarion call across the country in the late 1960's. Through the stories of these young men and women who were at the forefront of these efforts, Agents of Change examines the untold story of the racial conditions on college campuses and in the country that led to these protests. The film’s characters were caught at the crossroads of the civil rights, black power, and anti-Vietnam war movements at a pivotal time in America’s history. Today, over 45 years later, many of the same demands are surfacing in campus protests across the country, revealing how much work remains to be done. Agents of Change links the past to the present and the present to the past--making it not just a movie but a movement. agentsofchangefilm.com