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January 25, 2012


Wright Enterprises-Community Spotlight

Press Release For Immediate Release

 Filmmaker Kevin Epps Hosts  

Black History Month at the de Young  

with films featuring   

Marvin Gaye and Richard Pryor 

Activist & Filmmaker Kevin Epps

Kevin Epps Filmmakers' Lounge in Celebration of Black History Month @ the de Young Koret Auditorium, Golden Gate Park

FREE EVENTS


Richard Pryor's Which Way Is Up
Saturday, February 4, 3:30 p.m
Which Way is Up

2011 de Young Artist Fellow Kevin Epps returns to curate and host a weekend of films in celebration of Black History Month. Richard Pryor plays a landmark role - or, actually, three roles in the comedy Which Way is Up? (1977, 94 min) which has gained cult status among Pryor fans. As orange picker Leroy Jones, Pryor finds himself fired from his job and alienated from his friends and family, as a result of accidentally joining a union strike.

Kevin Epps, brings the best of local black filmmakers to the de Young's Filmmakers' Lounge.  The Free screening, followed by Q&A with Kevin Epps and screenwriter Cecil Brown.


 
Sunday, February 19, 2:00 p.m.
What's Going On
Marvin Gaye

What's Going On: The Life and Death of Marvin Gaye (2006, 100 min) looks at one of the greatest legacies of American music through interviews and archival footage. Gaye has endured as "an astounding artist, an inspiring poet, a man whose fabulous talents and all-too-human flaws worked together for the sake of song." - David Ritz, PBS.org.  Q& A with Kevin Epps  to follow each screening.  Special guest music historian Rickey Vincent joins the Epps on Sunday, February 19. Koret Auditorium, de Young, Golden Gate Park.  It is a free public event.

 

 


Special thanks to collaborating partner, the African American Art and Culture Complex. The Artist Fellows program has been generously funded by The James Irvine Foundation's Innovation Fund.  

 

Audience @ de Young's Premiere of Kevin Epps' "FAM BAM" Thanksgiving Weekend 2011.

 

About Kevin Epps

 

Community activist and award-winning filmmaker, Kevin Epps, grew his skills from public access shows and classes at the Film Arts Foundation to an awarded film career with acclaimed documentaries "Straight Outta Hunter's Point" and "Black Rock". Epps' success scored projects with the likes of Google, Yahoo, Discovery Channel, Current TV and a host of other well-known organizations. His passion for advocacy of underserved communities leads him to give back by working with various community art spaces, as well as serving on the boards of two local non-profit organizations. Epps currently has several projects in the works and looks forward to shooting his first feature film.

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