In Case You Missed It...See 'Black Candle' and a Nice Gig for You

In case you missed the 12 noon premiere of The Black Candle today on TVOne --

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The DMV, apparently, already got some special treatment in preparation for Kwanzaa 2009.

The Black holiday--dubbed so by Maulana Karenga in 1966 (please Google)--is explored and explained in the documentary feature 'Black Candle.' Earlier this month, Prof. and Director M.K. Asante, Jr. screened the film in communities around the Greater Washington, D.C. area.

But you can see it again in a whole new way:

Roots to Freedom, a nonprofit organization based in the D.C. area, is looking for Community Outreach Interns who will be primarily responsible for getting 'Black Candle' to its proper audiences. Distribution at its grittiest! Love it.

The selected candidate will receive some notable perks. Among them, a copy of M.K. Asante, Jr.'s 500 Years Later, It's Bigger Than Hip Hop annnnnnnndddd...

since you missed it--The Black Candle.

To learn more about the opportunity, check the WaPo listing online here.

Today Umoja is lit. Umoja means 'unity', and is represented by the black candle at the center of the kinara. To learn more on your own about the seven principles of Kwanzaa, check Karenga's site at http://www.officialkwanzaawebsite.org/index.shtml.