Excusive Movie Premiere of Kunta Kinteh Island: Coming Home Without Shackles
Event dedicated to bring the history of Kunta Kinteh to the World and create awareness of the living conditions of the Juffureh people living in great poverty in order to raise funds to provide them with clean drinking water.
- Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA (1888PressRelease) January 19, 2015 - The Kunta Kinteh Family Foundation is pleased to announce that as part of our screening tour, we will be presenting the film "Kunta Kinteh Island Coming Home Without Shackles" at the Seattle Art Museum on February 28, 2015. It chronicles the journey of Kunta Kinteh, whose life inspired the book and American TV miniseries "Roots."
Part of the Foundation's mission is to improve the life quality of Kunta Kinteh's original village, which is why we have created this world class production to bring the importance of his legacy to you and to the world. With a new year and a new location, this event's current goal is to raise enough money to provide clean drinking water for the village's 2,800 people through the purchase of four new wells that will utilize solar-powered filtration. This is just the first of many steps we will be taking to restore the livelihood of the people who still call this island home.
Hosts:
- Ben Vereen (Actor | Chicken George on "Roots")
- Chris Haley (Nephew of Alex Haley Author of "Roots")
- Chaz Guest (Painter | Artist | Goodwill Ambassador of The Republic of Gambia)
- Elvin Ross (Filmmaker | Composer for Tyler Perry Studios)
- Mark Wolper (President of the Wolper Organization).
For more information you can visit:
http://kuntakintehvillage.org/
https://www.facebook.com/KuntaKintehFamilyFoundation
https://www.crowdrise.com/kuntakintehfamilyfoundation/fundraiser/.
Tickets - $95 at http://kuntakintehisland.eventbrite.com.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Lamin Jatta
President of the Kunta Kinteh Family Foundation.
Media contact: kuntakintehfamily ( @ ) gmail dot com.
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