Video from The Sun Rises in the East
Directed by: Tayo Giwa
The Sun Rises in the East
Virtual Screening
The Sun Rises in the East
Tayo Giwa (Dir), 58 minutes, USA, Western New York Premiere
The birth, rise and legacy of The East, a pan-African cultural organization founded in 1969 by teens and young adults in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn.
Led by educator and activist Jitu Weusi, The East embodied Black self-determination, building more than a dozen institutions, including its own African-centered school, food co-op, newsmagazine, publisher, record label, restaurant, clothing shop and bookstore. The organization hosted world-famous jazz musicians and poets at its highly sought-after performance venue, and it served as an epicenter for political contemporaries such as the Black Panther Party, the Young Lords and the Congress of Afrikan People, as well as comrades across Africa and the Caribbean.
Still from The Sun Rises in the East
Directed by: Tayo Giwa
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