A film by Susanne Rostock
was screened on Thursday September 20, 7pm at Concordia University as a special feature of the Montreal International Black Film Festival
This biopic was followed by a Q&A with HARRY BELAFONTE
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March on Washington, DC for Civil Rights, 1963: James Baldwin
with Julie and Harry Belafonte on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.
From the Jack T. FranklinPhotography Collection of the African American Museum in
Philadelphia.
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HE’D had no singing lessons and he couldn’t read a note. But Harry Belafonte was what they call a natural, plucked from obscurity to stardom thanks to a lucky break at a New York jazz club.
At the time he was a struggling actor and his phenomenal success as a singer soon fed into Hollywood and Broadway. Blessed with charm and good looks, by the 1960s he was a top American entertainer, living the highlife in Las Vegas and rubbing shoulders with the Rat Pack.
Like all good stories this one has a twist. Belafonte was also a man on a mission, using his fame and fortune to support the forward march of civil rights
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