Say It Loud: A Free Screening of Certain Party or Parties Unknown

ABOUT THE FILM: 

Certain Party or Parties Unknown (CPPU) was a temporary multi-media public art exhibition furthering community dialogue about racial justice in Montgomery County. As a member of Montgomery County’s Remembrance and Reconciliation Commission, the Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County (AHCMC) launched this project in support of Remembrance and Reconciliation Month in November 2021 to better understand our full history. CPPU brought awareness to the three African American men who were victims of racial terror lynchings in Montgomery County in the late 1880s: Mr. John Diggs-Dorsey, Mr. Sidney Randolph and Mr. George Peck.

ABOUT SAY IT LOUD:

Join BlackRock as we reveal some of the most tragic and inhumane events that influenced and undoubtedly shaped the man we knew as Martin Luther King Jr. In a Special presentation, in partnership with the Arts & Humanities Council of Montgomery County BlackRock Center for The Arts will present the documentary premier, Certain Party or Parties Unknown where we are thrust to the frontlines as we examine the history of Lynching in Montgomery County. In Honoring the legacy of Martin Luther King jr. BlackRock takes a deeper dive into the possible and actual events that preceded and followed the assassination of MLK with viewings of One Night In Miami, MLK/FBI & The Night James Brown Saved Boston.

This two-day film, documentary series is sure to ignite anger, sorrow, disappointment and Triumph and will culminate with a special concert by Mousey Thompson and The James Brown Experience as we close, in celebration of MLK and the Godfather of Soul, often hailed as the musical voice of the Civil Rights Movement.