Meet Mary Pleasant March 14, 2010

Meet Mary Pleasant - in conjunction with the Sacramento Historical Society

Sunday,March 147:30 PM

Admission: $5.00

Movies on a Big Screen at The Guild2828 35th St, Sacramento, CA

Filmmaker Susheel Bibbs is scheduled to be in attendance at this special Sacramento screening which is being held in conjunction with the Sacramento Historical Society.

Meet Mary Pleasant A unique, historical, performance documentary, unfolds the saga of Mary Ellen Pleasant the daring, unsung, 19th-century African-American activist and entrepreneur now called the Mother of Civil Rights in California. Narrated by the acclaimed actress Ruby Dee (SAG Best Supporting Actress, 2007), the film allows Pleasant to speak in live performance, using song, montage, re-enactment, commentary, and narration to enliven a backdrop of achievement, love, scandal, and American history. Pleasant's story is inspiring and important internationally. As entrepreneur, she amassed $30,000,000, and as activist, she changed modern-day civil rights law and affected civil rights throughout the US and in Canada.

http://www.moviesonabigscreen.com
http://www.sachistoricalsociety.org