Given the minor calamity of the time change, the AOKI screening mobilization is on. Due to the funeral of a prominent Japanese American community member, we had to readjust our time slot at Centenary Methodist Church for the film screening. But now its no holds barred, and spreading the word is ON. We have the additional draws that you should know about besides the screening of “AOKI: A DOCUMENTARY FILM.” The Richard Aoki Tribute Committee is excited and very grateful to have Diane Fujino and Sherwin Forte for the Q&A after the film.
Sherwin Forte was one of the original first six members of the Oakland Black Panther Party. The original six were: Bobby Seale, Huey P. Newton, “Little” Bobby Hutton, “Big Man” Elbert Howard, and two brothers, Reggie and Sherwin Forte. He is still a community activist.
Diane Fujino is author of the forthcoming book Samurai Among Panthers: The Life and Times of Richard Aoki (University of Minnesota Press in Spring 2012). She is a scholar-activist and chair of the Department of Asian American Studies at the University of Caifornia, Santa Barbara.
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