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Event cancelled because of weather. Best of MNFF: Don't Be Nice

Main St. Landing Performing Arts Center Film House
Friday, Feb 7, 2020 5:00 PM
Presented by VTIFF
Venue Host: Main Street Landing
A partnership between VTIFF and MNFF
Directed by Max Powers
USA | 2017 | Documentary | 95 mins
Producer Nikhil Melnechuk in attendance for Q&A with Jay Craven and for a meet-and-greet at the Lake Lobby reception after the screening. Snacks and refreshments after the Q&A in the Lake Lobby - 6:45 - 7:30
Followed by the 2nd Best of MNFF screening: Ernie and Joe: Crisis Cops at 7:30 PM
The upstart Bowery Slam Poetry Team, made up of five young African-American, Afro-Hispanic and queer poets, prepares for the national championships. Mentored by a demanding coach who pushes them past their personal boundaries to write from a painfully honest place, the poets break down, break through, and compose their best work ever. Will their soul-searching pieces about police violence and the whitewashing of Black culture be able to compete against choreographed crowd-pleasers for the title?

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Presented by VTIFF Venue Host: Main Street Landing A partnership between VTIFF and MNFF Directed by Max Powers USA | 2017 | Documentary | 95 mins Producer Nikhil Melnechuk in attendance for Q&A with Jay Craven and for a meet-and-greet at the Lake Lobby reception after the screening. Snacks and refreshments after the Q&A in the Lake Lobby - 6:45 - 7:30 Followed by the 2nd Best of MNFF screening: Ernie and Joe: Crisis Cops at 7:30 PM The upstart Bowery Slam Poetry Team, made up of five young African-American, Afro-Hispanic and queer poets, prepares for the national championships. Mentored by a demanding coach who pushes them past their personal boundaries to write from a painfully honest place, the poets break down, break through, and compose their best work ever. Will their soul-searching pieces about police violence and the whitewashing of Black culture be able to compete against choreographed crowd-pleasers for the title?