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The Committee on Campus Race Relations invites you to the advance 
screening of: 

W.E.B. DuBois -  A Biography In Four Voices
Produced and directed by Louis Massiah
Written and narrated by: Toni Cade Barbara, Amiri Baraka, Wesley Brown 
and Thulani Davis.
Music by Dwight Andrews with Dave Burrell and David Murray
Edited by Monica Henriquez

Tuesday, December 5th, 1995
6:15 - 8:15 pm
MIT Room 26-100
Followed by a panel discussion with Louis Massiah, Thulani Davis, and 
Dwight Andrews. 

W.E.B. DuBois - A Biography In Four Voices is a biography of Dr. William 
Edward Burghardt DuBois (1868-1963), one of the great American Political 
leaders, social scientists, human rights activists, writers, historians 
of this century.  DuBois, who was born in Great Barrington, 
Massachusetts, was one of the first Black persons to receive a Ph.D. 
from Harvard.  He wrote in every possible literary form.  One of the 
founders of the naacp, he was a tireless worker against racism who was 
productive until his death at age 95.  A professor at both Fisk and 
Atlanta Universities, he is credited with playing a major role in 
defining the field of sociology.  Louis Massiah, the filmmaker, says, 
"As a story-driven exploration of DuBois' life, the film explores the 
varied approaches of the struggle for African American liberation, 
including Black nationalism, socialism and Pan-Africanism."

The film is divided into four sections, each of which is written and 
narrated by a well-known writer:

*	Novelist Wesley Brown covers the years (1895-1915) that DuBois emerged 
as a political figure and opposed the ideas of the powerful Booker T. 
Washington.  

*	Poet/Journalist Thulani Davis follows DuBois through the years 
(1919-1929) of the Harlem Renaissance, the years during which he led the 
naacp, edited the crisis magazine and spearheaded the international 
Pan-African Movement.  

*	Toni Cade Bambara, the writer/filmmaker/community and international 
activist, chronicles DuBois' life during the years 1934-1948, a period 
of strong transition for him.  

*	Writer/activist Amiri Baraka (a.k.a. LeRoi Jones), narrates an account 
of DuBois' life during the McCarthy era, his eventual move to Africa, 
and his work in African liberation movements.  

Louis Massiah, a graduate of mit (S.M. in Visual Studies, 1982), is a 
documentary filmmaker who has produced numerous projects, including two 
segments of the Eyes on the Prize-Part Two series, and an extraordinary 
documentary entitled The Bombing of Osage Avenue about the burning of a 
Black section of Philadelphia as a result of the police bombing of the 
headquarters of a group called Move!

We invite you to join us for the premiere of this most important film.



Ellen T. Harris						James E. Chung