NEW FILM TO MARK MILLION MAN MARCH 15TH ANNIVERSARY (747 hits)
October 16th will be the 15th anniversary of the Million Man March on Washington D.C. At the behest of Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, men of African descent from all over the world joined together to portray a vastly different image to the world.
On that day, dubbed a “National Day of Atonement,” black men pledged to fight against the socio-economic ills that face black people and to cease being a part of the problem.
Though the intentions of those in attendance were pure, some would say the day accomplished nothing at all as many of the issues we pledged to stand against, including gang violence, has come back stronger than ever, one would argue, after a brief ebb.
But there are those that feel we can still seize upon that occasion of October 16, 1995 and still bring about change. Director Glenn R. Towery is one of those people. He was present at the Million Man March on that sunny day in D.C. with a camera. That footage has now been made into the documentary titled “Long Live the Spirit of the Million Man March.”
