February is Black History Month in the United States and YouTube is celebrating through a partnership with Grey Goose Vodka to present a month of progamming in its honor. They’ve kicked off the month with four films that “offer unique accounts of moments or themes from African and African-American history,” Sara P. explains on the YouTube Blog. The films will be shown at the YouTube Screening Room.
Films include (descriptions from the YouTube Screening Room):
– Amandla! A Revolution in Four Part Harmon (featured below)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9BXqbxC9tA
Winner of the Audience Award at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival, “Amandla! A Revolution in Four Part Harmony” examines the central role black South African freedom music played in the long battle and triumph over Apartheid.
– Hungu
This expertly animated short recounts a story from the ancient African oral tradition, detailing how the merging of life and death gave birth to a beautiful musical instrument: the hungu. “Hungu” won Best Animated Short at the 2008 Palm Springs International Film Festival.
– Electric Purgatory
Screened at ten international film festivals, “Electric Purgatory” reveals and explores the struggles black rock musicians have faced as they try to build audiences in an unfriendly industry.
– The 13th Amendment
In “The 13th Amendment,” follow a 90-year-old great grandmother as she casts her first-ever vote for an African-American President.
YouTube will change up the films on February 13th. However, they are not advertising what the new films will be.
YouTube Celebrates Black History Month
