Black History Month Virtual Screening & Panel: Power, Place, & Where We Stand

Presented by New Day Films and featuring clips from Not in My Neighbourhoodand Higher Power, this event brings filmmakers and community voices together to explore Black history as a living, contested, and local experience.

Directed by Kurt Otabenga Orderson and produced by Najma Nuriddin, Not in My Neighbourhood tells the intergenerational stories of how ordinary citizens respond to the policies, processes, and institutions driving contemporary forms of spatial violence and gentrification in Cape Town, New York, and São Paulo.

Directed by Dewey Ortiz Jr. and produced by Rafi Aliya Crockett, Higher Power tells the story of how Black Washingtonians' fight for cannabis legalization reveals the urgent need for D.C. statehood and self-determination.

Together, these films illuminate how today’s authoritarian turn manifests at the local level—through policing, land control, and the erosion of civic rights—while highlighting grassroots resistance and collective struggle for the right to the city.

A conversation about the films’ themes, production processes, and connections to current events will be moderated by Dr. Andrea Jean Queeley and we invite you to come watch and stay to reflect. After you register, links to watch the whole film will be provided.

Not in My Neighbourhood and Higher Power are distributed by New Day Films. New Day Films offers streaming films and DVDs to educators, community groups, public libraries, and other institutions. To learn more, visit newday.com