A free film festival that celebrates Black History Month will be held at two Atlanta libraries this month.
The films will highlight prominent African-Americans such as Atlanta civil rights attorney Donald Lee Hollowell, former Harlem Globetrotter Mel Davis and activist Ida B. Wells.
The opening reception is to be guest emceed by "Greenleaf" actor Lamman Rucker and will feature a screening of "I Am Not Your Negro," a press release said. Fulton County Commissioner Marvin S. Arrington Jr., who is presenting the two-day festival along with the Cascade Civic Alliance, will present awards to the winners of an essay and film competition for Fulton County high school students.
The reception takes place Friday, Feb. 23 at Wolf Creek Library, 3100 Enon Road, from 6 to 8 p.m. The next day, film screenings will take place at Wolf Creek and Southeast Atlanta Library, 1463 Pryor St. SW, from noon to 5 p.m.
READ | Atlanta residents asked to request trash, graffiti removal until March
READ | Healthcare professionals, teachers to get in free at Legoland
Like Intown Atlanta News Now on Facebook | Follow us on Twitter
