New Heritage Theatre Group, Harlems’ own and New York’s oldest black not for profit black theatre, celebrating its 56th anniversary. Invites you to the premiere live performance of The Fannie Lou Hamer Story, the critically acclaimed, award-winning, one-woman play, written by and starring Mzuri Moyo Aimbaye, directed by Byron C. Saunders. The Fannie Lou Hamer Story is the story of Fannie Lou Hamer’s fight for freedom and voting empowerment, the story of one of American History’s most powerful civil rights activists.
New Heritage Theatre Group Executive Producer Voza Rivers is pleased to join forces with Healing Through the Sound of Music, a non-profit 501 c-3 theater production company located in Altamonte, Fl. who developed the presentation and has presented it over the last 6 years at over 50 select performing arts venues across the U.S. in support of voting rights.
The award-winning solo performance of the Fannie Lou Hamer story will debut as a live online event in Celebration of Juneteenth, on Facebook Live and Instagram Live on June 19, 2020, at 8 pm, from the historic Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center in Sanford, Florida. home of the Trayvon Martin tragedy, one of the many symbols of social injustice.
This powerful and uplifting play follows Fannie Lou Hamer’s rise from Jim Crow’s Mississippi all the way to the halls of Congress leading the Voting Rights Movement in 1964 and is very timely today.
“The realities of COVID -19 and the ongoing challenges and continuing struggles for social justice has brought communities together to deal with a situation that harkens back to and reminds us of the civil rights struggles of the 1960s,” said Voza Rivers, Executive Producer, New Heritage Theatre Group.
“This unprecedented time of our lives brings with it a sense of urgency that we honor all of those on the front lines who have dedicated their lives to preserving our basic rights of freedom, safety, quality and democracy where all people can thrive,” says Djehuty Se Hotep, Producer Healing Through the Sound of Music.
For more information about The FLHS visit at www.thefannielouhamerstory.com.
For additional information: info@thefannielouhamerstory.com and www.newheritagetheatre.org
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