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The Bombing of Osage Avenue
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Thursday, August 28
6:30 pm
FILM SCREENING & DISCUSSION
Discussion with Ramona Africa and Pam Africa
Dir. Louis Massiah | Narrator Toni Cade Bambara | 1986 | 58 mins
On Mother's Day, 1985, a virtual army of city and state police converged on a quiet block in historic Cobb's Creek, a blossoming neighborhood of parks and children, aluminum siding and basketball stars nestled in the heart of Philadelphia's African American community. By the next day, 61 homes were destroyed and 11 people were dead, all members of the communitarian MOVE organization. In this, the winner of 1986's Best Documentary Academy Award, Massiah establishes the setting for the tragedy early on, and Toni Cade Bambara's poetic narration draws us deeper into the drama.
Ramona Africa is the sole survivor of the 1985 MOVE bombing.
Pam Africa is director of International Concerned Friends and Family of Mumia Abu Jamal
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